diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index 089ee3ea55c8ae..1d51b9e21172c3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ endif
 
 BOOTCFLAGS    := -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
 		 -fno-strict-aliasing -O2 -msoft-float -mno-altivec -mno-vsx \
+		 $(call cc-option,-mno-spe) $(call cc-option,-mspe=no) \
 		 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -fPIC -nostdinc \
 		 $(LINUXINCLUDE)