diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc.mk b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
index 5e419f7ede..ed9b93e50f 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ endif
 # Set default to Secure-PLT to prevent run-time
 # generation of PLT stubs (supports RELRO and
 # SELinux non-exemem capabilities)
-ifeq ($(BR2_powerpc),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_powerpc)$(BR2_powerpc64),y)
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --enable-secureplt
 endif