2 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/stringloops/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/stringloops/Makefile
index c60c6172dd3c..b682be18dc66 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/stringloops/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/stringloops/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # The loops are all 64-bit code
-CFLAGS += -m64 -maltivec
 CFLAGS += -I$(CURDIR)
 
-TEST_GEN_PROGS := memcmp
-EXTRA_SOURCES := memcmp_64.S ../harness.c
+EXTRA_SOURCES := ../harness.c
+
+build_32bit = $(shell if ($(CC) $(CFLAGS) -m32 -o /dev/null memcmp.c >/dev/null 2>&1) then echo "1"; fi)
+
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := memcmp_64
+
+$(OUTPUT)/memcmp_64: memcmp.c
+$(OUTPUT)/memcmp_64: CFLAGS += -m64 -maltivec
+
+ifeq ($(build_32bit),1)
+$(OUTPUT)/memcmp_32: memcmp.c
+$(OUTPUT)/memcmp_32: CFLAGS += -m32
+
+TEST_GEN_PROGS += memcmp_32
+endif
+
+ASFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)
 
 include ../../lib.mk
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/stringloops/memcmp_32.S b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/stringloops/memcmp_32.S
new file mode 120000
index 000000000000..056f2b3af789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/stringloops/memcmp_32.S
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../arch/powerpc/lib/memcmp_32.S
\ No newline at end of file