diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
index 6240698fee9a..ff21b7a2f0cc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 
 static inline int syscall_get_arch(void)
 {
-	return is_32bit_task() ? AUDIT_ARCH_PPC : AUDIT_ARCH_PPC64;
+	int arch = is_32bit_task() ? AUDIT_ARCH_PPC : AUDIT_ARCH_PPC64;
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+	arch |= __AUDIT_ARCH_LE;
+#endif
+	return arch;
 }
 #endif	/* _ASM_SYSCALL_H */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
index d4dbef14d4df..584bb0113e25 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
@@ -365,7 +365,9 @@ enum {
 #define AUDIT_ARCH_PARISC	(EM_PARISC)
 #define AUDIT_ARCH_PARISC64	(EM_PARISC|__AUDIT_ARCH_64BIT)
 #define AUDIT_ARCH_PPC		(EM_PPC)
+/* do not define AUDIT_ARCH_PPCLE since it is not supported by audit */
 #define AUDIT_ARCH_PPC64	(EM_PPC64|__AUDIT_ARCH_64BIT)
+#define AUDIT_ARCH_PPC64LE	(EM_PPC64|__AUDIT_ARCH_64BIT|__AUDIT_ARCH_LE)
 #define AUDIT_ARCH_S390		(EM_S390)
 #define AUDIT_ARCH_S390X	(EM_S390|__AUDIT_ARCH_64BIT)
 #define AUDIT_ARCH_SH		(EM_SH)