diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 28394961b6..fbacbaea3a 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -148,6 +148,21 @@
 #include "fd-trans.h"
 #include "user/cpu_loop.h"
 
+#if defined(__powerpc__)
+/*
+ * On PowerPC termios2 is lacking and termios along with ioctls w/o 2
+ * behaves like termios2 and things with 2 on other architectures.
+ *
+ * Just define termios2-related things to be the same with termios-related
+ * ones to support PowerPC.
+ */
+#define host_termios2 host_termios
+#define TCGETS2 TCGETS
+#define TCSETS2 TCSETS
+#define TCSETSW2 TCSETSW
+#define TCSETSF2 TCSETSF
+#endif
+
 #ifndef CLONE_IO
 #define CLONE_IO                0x80000000      /* Clone io context */
 #endif