diff --git a/config.sub b/config.sub
index 9633db7..d2a9613 100644
--- a/config.sub
+++ b/config.sub
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ 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 | ppc64-le | powerpc64-little)
 		basic_machine=powerpc64le-unknown