diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Makefile
index 2cfb46e..cfb899a 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ ifeq ($(subdir),misc)
 sysdep_headers += bits/ppc.h
 sysdep_routines += get_timebase_freq
 tests += test-gettimebasefreq
+tests += tst-sysconf
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(subdir),nptl)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/sysconf.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/sysconf.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb89933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/sysconf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/* Get system-specific information at run-time.  Linux/powerpc version.
+   Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/auxv.h>
+
+static long linux_sysconf (int name);
+
+static long
+auxv2sysconf (unsigned long type)
+{
+  long rc;
+  rc = getauxval (type);
+  if (rc == 0)
+  {
+    __set_errno (EINVAL);
+    rc = -1;
+  }
+  return rc;
+}
+
+static long
+auxv2sysconf_cache_associativity (unsigned long type)
+{
+  long rc;
+  rc = auxv2sysconf (type);
+  if (rc != -1)
+    rc = (rc & 0xffff0000) >> 16;
+  return rc;
+}
+
+static long
+auxv2sysconf_cache_linesize (unsigned long type)
+{
+  long rc;
+  rc = auxv2sysconf (type);
+  if (rc != -1)
+    rc = rc & 0xffff;
+  return rc;
+}
+
+/* Get the value of the system variable NAME.  */
+long int
+__sysconf (int name)
+{
+  switch (name)
+    {
+      case _SC_LEVEL1_ICACHE_SIZE:
+	return auxv2sysconf (AT_L1I_CACHESIZE);
+      case _SC_LEVEL1_ICACHE_ASSOC:
+	return auxv2sysconf_cache_associativity (AT_L1I_CACHEGEOMETRY);
+      case _SC_LEVEL1_ICACHE_LINESIZE:
+	return auxv2sysconf_cache_linesize (AT_L1I_CACHEGEOMETRY);
+      case _SC_LEVEL1_DCACHE_SIZE:
+	return auxv2sysconf (AT_L1D_CACHESIZE);
+      case _SC_LEVEL1_DCACHE_ASSOC:
+	return auxv2sysconf_cache_associativity (AT_L1D_CACHEGEOMETRY);
+      case _SC_LEVEL1_DCACHE_LINESIZE:
+	return auxv2sysconf_cache_linesize (AT_L1D_CACHEGEOMETRY);
+      case _SC_LEVEL2_CACHE_SIZE:
+	return auxv2sysconf (AT_L2_CACHESIZE);
+      case _SC_LEVEL2_CACHE_ASSOC:
+	return auxv2sysconf_cache_associativity (AT_L2_CACHEGEOMETRY);
+      case _SC_LEVEL2_CACHE_LINESIZE:
+	return auxv2sysconf_cache_linesize (AT_L2_CACHEGEOMETRY);
+      case _SC_LEVEL3_CACHE_SIZE:
+	return auxv2sysconf (AT_L3_CACHESIZE);
+      case _SC_LEVEL3_CACHE_ASSOC:
+	return auxv2sysconf_cache_associativity (AT_L3_CACHEGEOMETRY);
+      case _SC_LEVEL3_CACHE_LINESIZE:
+	return auxv2sysconf_cache_linesize (AT_L3_CACHEGEOMETRY);
+      default:
+	return linux_sysconf (name);
+    }
+}
+
+/* Now the generic Linux version.  */
+#undef __sysconf
+#define __sysconf static linux_sysconf
+#include "../sysconf.c"
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/tst-sysconf.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/tst-sysconf.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72b8df9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/tst-sysconf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/* Check use of sysconf() for cache geometries.
+   Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* Test use of sysconf() to get cache sizes, cache set associativity
+   and cache line sizes.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <support/test-driver.h>
+
+#define call_str(f, name) f(name, #name)
+
+long
+do_sysconf (int name, const char * str)
+{
+  int rc = 0;
+  long val;
+  printf ("sysconf(%s)", str);
+  errno = 0;
+  val = sysconf (name);
+  if (val == -1) {
+    if (errno != EINVAL) {
+      printf(" unexpected errno(%d)\n", errno);
+      exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    printf (" is unsupported\n");
+    rc = 1;
+  } else
+    printf (" = 0x%lx (%ld)\n", val, val);
+  return rc;
+}
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  int rc = 0;
+
+  rc += call_str (do_sysconf, _SC_LEVEL1_ICACHE_SIZE);
+  rc += call_str (do_sysconf, _SC_LEVEL1_ICACHE_ASSOC);
+  rc += call_str (do_sysconf, _SC_LEVEL1_ICACHE_LINESIZE);
+  rc += call_str (do_sysconf, _SC_LEVEL1_DCACHE_SIZE);
+  rc += call_str (do_sysconf, _SC_LEVEL1_DCACHE_ASSOC);
+  rc += call_str (do_sysconf, _SC_LEVEL1_DCACHE_LINESIZE);
+  rc += call_str (do_sysconf, _SC_LEVEL2_CACHE_SIZE);
+  rc += call_str (do_sysconf, _SC_LEVEL2_CACHE_ASSOC);
+  rc += call_str (do_sysconf, _SC_LEVEL2_CACHE_LINESIZE);
+  rc += call_str (do_sysconf, _SC_LEVEL3_CACHE_SIZE);
+  rc += call_str (do_sysconf, _SC_LEVEL3_CACHE_ASSOC);
+  rc += call_str (do_sysconf, _SC_LEVEL3_CACHE_LINESIZE);
+
+  if (rc)
+    return EXIT_UNSUPPORTED;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
+#include "../test-skeleton.c"
