diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc.inc
index 9cf6b88fd1..8c0c943044 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc.inc
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ DEFAULTTUNE ?= "powerpc"
 TUNE_PKGARCH = "${TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-${DEFAULTTUNE}}"
 ABIEXTENSION ?= ""
 
+# Endian
+TUNEVALID[bigendian] = "Use PowerPC Big Endian"
+
+TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "bigendian", " -mbig-endian", " -mlittle-endian", d)}"
+
 TUNEVALID[m32] = "Power ELF32 standard ABI"
 TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'm32', ' -m32', '', d)}"
 TUNE_ARCH .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'm32', 'powerpc', '', d)}"
@@ -22,13 +27,24 @@ TARGET_FPU .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'fpu-soft', 'soft', '', d)}
 TUNEVALID[altivec] = "Altivec"
 
 # Basic tune definitions
-AVAILTUNES += "powerpc powerpc-nf" 
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-powerpc-nf = "m32 fpu-soft"
+AVAILTUNES += "powerpc powerpc-nf powerpcle powerpcle-nf" 
+
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-powerpc-nf = "m32 fpu-soft bigendian"
 BASE_LIB_tune-powerpc-nf = "lib"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-powerpc-nf = "powerpc-nf"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc-nf = "powerpc-nf"
 
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-powerpc = "m32 fpu-hard"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-powerpc = "m32 fpu-hard bigendian"
 BASE_LIB_tune-powerpc = "lib"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-powerpc = "powerpc"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc = "powerpc"
+
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-powerpcle-nf = "m32 fpu-soft"
+BASE_LIB_tune-powerpcle-nf = "lib"
+TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-powerpcle-nf = "powerpcle-nf"
+PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpcle-nf = "powerpcle-nf"
+
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-powerpcle = "m32 fpu-hard"
+BASE_LIB_tune-powerpcle = "lib"
+TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-powerpcle = "powerpcle"
+PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpcle = "powerpcle"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc64.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc64.inc
index d9916d43da..4bc5983087 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc64.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc64.inc
@@ -13,8 +13,14 @@ TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@['', ' -mabi=elfv2']['libc-musl' in d.getVar('OVERRIDES').spl
 # user mode qemu doesn't support ppc64
 MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED_append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'm64', 'qemu-usermode', '', d)}"
 
-AVAILTUNES += "powerpc64"
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-powerpc64 = "m64 fpu-hard"
+AVAILTUNES += "powerpc64 powerpc64le"
+
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-powerpc64 = "m64 fpu-hard bigendian"
 BASE_LIB_tune-powerpc64 = "lib64"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-powerpc64 = "powerpc64"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc64 = "powerpc64"
+
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-powerpc64le = "m64 fpu-hard"
+BASE_LIB_tune-powerpc64le = "lib64"
+TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-powerpc64le = "powerpc64le"
+PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc64le = "powerpc64le"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-power5.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-power5.inc
index 39501bd8c5..48c33fb273 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-power5.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-power5.inc
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ TUNEVALID[power5] = "Enable IBM Power5 specific processor optimizations"
 TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'power5', ' -mcpu=power5', '', d)}"
 
 AVAILTUNES += "ppcp5 ppc64p5"
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppcp5 = "m32 fpu-hard power5 altivec"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppcp5 = "m32 fpu-hard power5 altivec bigendian"
 BASE_LIB_tune-ppcp5 = "lib"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppcp5 = "ppcp5"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppcp5 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc} ppcp5"
 
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc64p5 = "m64 fpu-hard power5 altivec"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc64p5 = "m64 fpu-hard power5 altivec bigendian"
 BASE_LIB_tune-ppc64p5 = "lib64"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppc64p5 = "ppc64p5"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppc64p5 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc64} ppc64p5"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-power6.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-power6.inc
index 1d5e8ecc26..b708660217 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-power6.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-power6.inc
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ TUNEVALID[power6] = "Enable IBM Power6 specific processor optimizations"
 TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'power6', ' -mcpu=power6', '', d)}"
 
 AVAILTUNES += "ppcp6 ppc64p6"
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppcp6 = "m32 fpu-hard power6 altivec"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppcp6 = "m32 fpu-hard power6 altivec bigendian"
 BASE_LIB_tune-ppcp6 = "lib"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppcp6 = "ppcp6"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppcp6 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc} ppcp6"
 
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc64p6 = "m64 fpu-hard power6 altivec"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc64p6 = "m64 fpu-hard power6 altivec bigendian"
 BASE_LIB_tune-ppc64p6 = "lib64"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppc64p6 = "ppc64p6"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppc64p6 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc64} ppc64p6"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-power7.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-power7.inc
index 8f3f037ebb..e976cc0467 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-power7.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-power7.inc
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ TUNEVALID[power7] = "Enable IBM Power7 specific processor optimizations"
 TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'power7', ' -mcpu=power7', '', d)}"
 
 AVAILTUNES += "ppcp7 ppc64p7"
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppcp7 = "m32 fpu-hard power7 altivec"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppcp7 = "m32 fpu-hard power7 altivec bigendian"
 BASE_LIB_tune-ppcp7 = "lib"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppcp7 = "ppcp7"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppcp7 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc} ppcp7"
 
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc64p7 = "m64 fpu-hard power7 altivec"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc64p7 = "m64 fpu-hard power7 altivec bigendian"
 BASE_LIB_tune-ppc64p7 = "lib64"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppc64p7 = "ppc64p7"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppc64p7 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc64} ppc64p7"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppc476.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppc476.inc
index d0011ff213..31eecc435c 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppc476.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppc476.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ TUNEVALID[ppc476] = "Enable ppc476 specific processor optimizations"
 TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'ppc476', ' -mcpu=476', '', d)}"
 
 AVAILTUNES += "ppc476"
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc476 = "m32 fpu-hard ppc476"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc476 = "m32 fpu-hard ppc476 bigendian"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppc476 = "ppc476"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppc476 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc} ppc476"
 
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppc603e.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppc603e.inc
index 13f60dd067..b110f13870 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppc603e.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppc603e.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ TUNEVALID[ppc603e] = "Enable ppc603e specific processor optimizations"
 TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'ppc603e', ' -mcpu=603e', '', d)}"
 
 AVAILTUNES += "ppc603e"
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc603e = "m32 fpu-hard ppc603e"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc603e = "m32 fpu-hard ppc603e bigendian"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppc603e = "ppc603e"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppc603e = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc} ppc603e"
 
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppc7400.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppc7400.inc
index 425e8bd215..92d902994b 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppc7400.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppc7400.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ TUNEVALID[ppc7400] = "Enable ppc7400 specific processor optimizations"
 TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'ppc7400', ' -mcpu=7400 -mno-spe', '', d)}"
 
 AVAILTUNES += "ppc7400"
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc7400 = "m32 fpu-hard ppc7400 altivec"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc7400 = "m32 fpu-hard ppc7400 altivec bigendian"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppc7400 = "ppc7400"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppc7400 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc} ppc7400"
 
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce300c2.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce300c2.inc
index af21f601a8..6adeb4bdec 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce300c2.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce300c2.inc
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ TUNEVALID[ppce300c2] = "Enable ppce300c2 specific processor optimizations"
 TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'ppce300c2', ' -mcpu=e300c2', '', d)}"
 
 AVAILTUNES += "ppce300c2"
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce300c2 = "m32 fpu-soft ppce300c2"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce300c2 = "m32 fpu-soft ppce300c2 bigendian"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppce300c2 = "ppce300c2"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppce300c2 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc-nf} ppce300c2"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500.inc
index 89ec3f38a7..abf81b90c4 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500.inc
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ SPEABIEXTENSION = "${@bb.utils.filter('TUNE_FEATURES', 'spe', d)}"
 ABIEXTENSION .= "${SPEABIEXTENSION}"
 
 AVAILTUNES += "ppce500"
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce500 = "m32 spe ppce500"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce500 = "m32 spe ppce500 bigendian"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppce500 = "ppce500"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppce500 = "ppce500"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500mc.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500mc.inc
index bc26a0f875..9f8a172804 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500mc.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500mc.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ TUNEVALID[ppce500mc] = "Enable ppce500mc specific processor optimizations"
 TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'ppce500mc', ' -mcpu=e500mc', '', d)}"
 
 AVAILTUNES += "ppce500mc"
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce500mc = "m32 fpu-hard ppce500mc"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce500mc = "m32 fpu-hard ppce500mc bigendian"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppce500mc = "ppce500mc"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppce500mc = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc} ppce500mc"
 
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500v2.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500v2.inc
index d318bba361..f6c7c17623 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500v2.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500v2.inc
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ SPEABIEXTENSION = "${@bb.utils.filter('TUNE_FEATURES', 'spe', d)}"
 ABIEXTENSION .= "${SPEABIEXTENSION}"
 
 AVAILTUNES += "ppce500v2"
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce500v2 = "m32 ppce500v2"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce500v2 = "m32 ppce500v2 bigendian"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppce500v2 = "ppce500v2"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppce500v2 = "ppce500v2"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce5500.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce5500.inc
index cebb244068..acc6a50fca 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce5500.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce5500.inc
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ TUNEVALID[e5500] = "Enable Freescale e5500 specific processor optimizations"
 TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'e5500', ' -mcpu=e5500', '', d)}"
 
 AVAILTUNES += "ppce5500 ppc64e5500"
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce5500 = "m32 fpu-hard e5500"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce5500 = "m32 fpu-hard e5500 bigendian"
 BASE_LIB_tune-ppce5500 = "lib"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppce5500 = "ppce5500"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppce5500 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc} ppce5500"
 
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc64e5500 = "m64 fpu-hard e5500"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc64e5500 = "m64 fpu-hard e5500 bigendian"
 BASE_LIB_tune-ppc64e5500 = "lib64"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppc64e5500 = "ppc64e5500"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppc64e5500 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc64} ppc64e5500"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce6500.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce6500.inc
index 5db7e760c3..d12d218d06 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce6500.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce6500.inc
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ TUNEVALID[e6500] = "Enable Freescale e6500 specific processor optimizations"
 TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'e6500', ' -mcpu=e6500', '', d)}"
 
 AVAILTUNES += "ppce6500 ppc64e6500"
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce6500 = "m32 fpu-hard e6500 altivec"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce6500 = "m32 fpu-hard e6500 altivec bigendian"
 BASE_LIB_tune-ppce6500 = "lib"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppce6500 = "ppce6500"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppce6500 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc} ppce6500"
 
-TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc64e6500 = "m64 fpu-hard e6500 altivec"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc64e6500 = "m64 fpu-hard e6500 altivec bigendian"
 BASE_LIB_tune-ppc64e6500 = "lib64"
 TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppc64e6500 = "ppc64e6500"
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppc64e6500 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc64} ppc64e6500"
