diff --git a/kexec-tools-2.0.7-kexec-ppc64-disabling-exception-handling-when-buildi.patch b/kexec-tools-2.0.7-kexec-ppc64-disabling-exception-handling-when-buildi.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c92242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kexec-tools-2.0.7-kexec-ppc64-disabling-exception-handling-when-buildi.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+From 335bad77fb0750f3961aa8df47c83a522d212b08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:22:28 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] kexec/ppc64: disabling exception handling when building the
+ purgatory
+
+Some Linux distributions would like to turn on the GCC exception handling
+by default. As this option introduces symbols in the built code that are
+defined in a separate shared library, this is not a good idea to have such
+an option activated when building the purgatory.
+
+This patch forces the exception handling to be turned off when building the
+purgatory on ppc64 BE and LE.
+
+Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
+---
+ purgatory/arch/ppc64/Makefile | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/purgatory/arch/ppc64/Makefile b/purgatory/arch/ppc64/Makefile
+index 712e2b1..6c58fa2 100644
+--- a/purgatory/arch/ppc64/Makefile
++++ b/purgatory/arch/ppc64/Makefile
+@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ ppc64_PURGATORY_SRCS += purgatory/arch/ppc64/console-ppc64.c
+ ppc64_PURGATORY_SRCS += purgatory/arch/ppc64/crashdump_backup.c
+ ppc64_PURGATORY_SRCS += purgatory/arch/ppc64/misc.S
+ 
+-ppc64_PURGATORY_EXTRA_CFLAGS += -m64 -msoft-float -fno-stack-protector
++ppc64_PURGATORY_EXTRA_CFLAGS += -m64 -msoft-float -fno-stack-protector	\
++				-fno-exceptions
+ ppc64_PURGATORY_EXTRA_ASFLAGS += -m64
+ ifeq ($(SUBARCH),BE)
+ 	ppc64_PURGATORY_EXTRA_LDFLAGS += -melf64ppc
+-- 
+1.9.3
+
diff --git a/kexec-tools.spec b/kexec-tools.spec
index 60db2ef..3339043 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.spec
+++ b/kexec-tools.spec
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Patch101: kexec-tools-2.0.7-Provide-an-option-to-use-new-kexec-system-call.patch
 # Patches 301 through 400 are meant for ppc64 kexec-tools enablement
 #
 Patch301: kexec-tools-2.0.7-kexec-ppc64-move-to-device-tree-version-17.patch
+Patch302: kexec-tools-2.0.7-kexec-ppc64-disabling-exception-handling-when-buildi.patch
 
 #
 # Patches 401 through 500 are meant for s390 kexec-tools enablement
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ tar -z -x -v -f %{SOURCE23}
 %patch606 -p1
 %patch607 -p1
 %patch301 -p1
+%patch302 -p1
 
 %ifarch ppc
 %define archdef ARCH=ppc