diff --git a/src/buildvm_asm.c b/src/buildvm_asm.c
index 5cfa7ae8..94e62ce7 100644
--- a/src/buildvm_asm.c
+++ b/src/buildvm_asm.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static void emit_asm_wordreloc(BuildCtx *ctx, uint8_t *p, int n,
 	    ins, sym);
     exit(1);
   }
-#elif LJ_TARGET_PPC
+#elif LJ_TARGET_PPC || LJ_TARGET_PPCSPE
   if ((ins >> 26) == 16) {
     fprintf(ctx->fp, "\t%s %d, %d, %s\n",
 	    (ins & 1) ? "bcl" : "bc", (ins >> 21) & 31, (ins >> 16) & 31, sym);
diff --git a/src/lib_jit.c b/src/lib_jit.c
index d1f24f52..9b28520d 100644
--- a/src/lib_jit.c
+++ b/src/lib_jit.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ static uint32_t jit_cpudetect(lua_State *L)
     }
   }
 #endif
-#elif LJ_TARGET_PPC
+#elif LJ_TARGET_PPC || LJ_TARGET_PPCSPE
   /* Nothing to do. */
 #else
 #error "Missing CPU detection for this architecture"
diff --git a/src/lj_arch.h b/src/lj_arch.h
index ff4628df..fff40838 100644
--- a/src/lj_arch.h
+++ b/src/lj_arch.h
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@
 #define LJ_ARCH_HASFPU		1
 #define LJ_ABI_SOFTFP		1
 #define LJ_ABI_EABI		1
-#define LJ_TARGET_PPC		1
 #define LJ_TARGET_PPCSPE	1
 #define LJ_TARGET_EHRETREG	3
 #define LJ_TARGET_JUMPRANGE	25	/* +-2^25 = +-32MB */
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@
 #if !(__ARM_EABI__ || LJ_TARGET_OSX)
 #error "Only ARM EABI or iOS 3.0+ ABI is supported"
 #endif
-#elif LJ_TARGET_PPC
+#elif LJ_TARGET_PPC || LJ_TARGET_PPCSPE
 #if defined(_SOFT_FLOAT) || defined(_SOFT_DOUBLE)
 #error "No support for PowerPC CPUs without double-precision FPU"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lj_ctype.h b/src/lj_ctype.h
index f7a7121b..82c4427a 100644
--- a/src/lj_ctype.h
+++ b/src/lj_ctype.h
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ typedef struct CTState {
 /* -- Predefined types ---------------------------------------------------- */
 
 /* Target-dependent types. */
-#if LJ_TARGET_PPC
+#if LJ_TARGET_PPC || LJ_TARGET_PPCSPE
 #define CTTYDEFP(_) \
   _(LINT32,		4,	CT_NUM, CTF_LONG|CTALIGN(2))
 #else