diff --git a/config.sub b/config.sub

index 40ea5df..932128b 100755

--- a/config.sub

+++ b/config.sub

@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ case $basic_machine in

 		;;

 	ppc64)	basic_machine=powerpc64-unknown

 		;;

-	ppc64-*) basic_machine=powerpc64-`echo $basic_machine | sed 's/^[^-]*-//'`

+	ppc64-* | ppc64p7-*) basic_machine=powerpc64-`echo $basic_machine | sed 's/^[^-]*-//'`

 		;;

 	ppc64le | powerpc64little)

 		basic_machine=powerpc64le-unknown