diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/bash b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/bash
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..0e8a202446e
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/bunzip2 b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/bunzip2
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..31d71cc484a
Binary files /dev/null and b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/bunzip2 differ
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/cp b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/cp
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..d76ebc1c32e
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/curl.bz2 b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/curl.bz2
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..476e56b4031
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17219da05dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  bash = ./bash;
+  bunzip2 = ./bunzip2;
+  cp = ./cp;
+  curl = ./curl.bz2;
+  tar = ./tar.bz2;
+
+  staticToolsURL = {
+    url = file:///tmp/tarballs/static-tools.tar.bz2;
+    sha1 = "90ec30bbdac515e03c90b0909ee09a4cdcfe5214";
+  };
+
+  binutilsURL = {
+    url = file:///tmp/tarballs/binutils.tar.bz2;
+    sha1 = "577b256dcb5297a001acb8b49ce36e9c78ff8fc8";
+  };
+
+  gccURL = {
+    url = file:///tmp/tarballs/gcc.tar.bz2;
+    sha1 = "853d570c3419bddcf18d4340722880d2a80e2a3f";
+  };
+
+  glibcURL = {
+    url = file:///tmp/tarballs/glibc.tar.bz2;
+    sha1 = "d34e78fb4a0aa282318b1465e195bc2d4e6e7315";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/tar.bz2 b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/powerpc/tar.bz2
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..5ff835cc5b4
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index e497acc9c25..1c9653bc87b 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ rec {
   bootstrapTools =
     if system == "i686-linux" then import ./bootstrap/i686
     else if system == "x86_64-linux" then import ./bootstrap/x86_64
+    else if system == "powerpc-linux" then import ./bootstrap/powerpc
     else abort "unsupported platform for the pure Linux stdenv";