diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-testsuite.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-testsuite.inc
index f68fec58edc..64f60c730fe 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-testsuite.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-testsuite.inc
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ python check_prepare() {
         # enable all valid instructions, since the test suite itself does not
         # limit itself to the target cpu options.
         #   - valid for x86*, powerpc, arm, arm64
-        if qemu_binary.lstrip("qemu-") in ["x86_64", "i386", "ppc", "arm", "aarch64"]:
+        if qemu_binary.lstrip("qemu-") in ["x86_64", "i386", "arm", "aarch64"]:
             args += ["-cpu", "max"]
-
+        elif qemu_binary.lstrip("qemu-") in ["ppc"]:
+            args += d.getVar("QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_%s" % d.getVar('PACKAGE_ARCH')).split()
         sysroot = d.getVar("RECIPE_SYSROOT")
         args += ["-L", sysroot]
         # lib paths are static here instead of using $libdir since this is used by a -cross recipe