Index: stand/common/load_elf.c
===================================================================
--- stand/common/load_elf.c
+++ stand/common/load_elf.c
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@
 #define ELF_TARG_MACH   EM_X86_64
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CROSS_ENDIAN_LOADER)
+#if ELF_TARG_DATA == ELFDATA2MSB
+#undef ELF_TARG_DATA
+#define ELF_TARG_DATA	ELFDATA2LSB
+#else
+#undef ELF_TARG_DATA
+#define ELF_TARG_DATA	ELFDATA2MSB
+#endif
+#endif
+
 typedef struct elf_file {
 	Elf_Phdr	*ph;
 	Elf_Ehdr	*ehdr;
Index: stand/defs.mk
===================================================================
--- stand/defs.mk
+++ stand/defs.mk
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@
 CFLAGS+=	-m32 -mcpu=powerpc -mbig-endian
 .endif
 
+# For powerpc64le pseries, we want a cross-endian loader.
+.if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "powerpc64le"
+CFLAGS+=	-DCROSS_ENDIAN_LOADER
+.endif
+
 # For amd64, there's a bit of mixed bag. Some of the tree (i386, lib*32) is
 # build 32-bit and some 64-bit (lib*, efi). Centralize all the 32-bit magic here
 # and activate it when DO32 is explicitly defined to be 1.
Index: stand/powerpc/ofw/Makefile
===================================================================
--- stand/powerpc/ofw/Makefile
+++ stand/powerpc/ofw/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 SRCS+=		ofwfdt.c
 .endif
 
-.if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "powerpc64"
+.if ${MACHINE_ARCH:Mpowerpc64*} != ""
 SRCS+=		cas.c
 CFLAGS+=	-DCAS
 .endif