diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 56dcafbb83b3..3c968f2f4ac4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ config PPC
 	select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
 	select ARCH_HAS_HUGEPD			if HUGETLB_PAGE
 	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV
+	select ARCH_HAS_KERNEL_FPU_SUPPORT	if PPC_FPU
 	select ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_CALLBACKS
 	select ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE
 	select ARCH_HAS_MEMREMAP_COMPAT_ALIGN	if PPC_64S_HASH_MMU
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 0a0c57aee1ae..a8479c881cac 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC32)	+= $(call cc-option, $(MULTIPLEWORD))
 
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC32)	+= $(call cc-option,-mno-readonly-in-sdata)
 
+CC_FLAGS_FPU		:= $(call cc-option,-mhard-float)
+CC_FLAGS_NO_FPU		:= $(call cc-option,-msoft-float)
+
 ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
 ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_USING_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS	+= -DCC_USING_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ asinstr := $(call as-instr,lis 9$(comma)foo@high,-DHAVE_AS_ATHIGH=1)
 
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS	+= -I $(srctree)/arch/powerpc $(asinstr)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(AFLAGS-y)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-msoft-float)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(CC_FLAGS_NO_FPU)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(CFLAGS-y)
 CPP		= $(CC) -E $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fpu.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fpu.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca584e4bc40f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fpu.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 SiFive
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_FPU_H
+#define _ASM_POWERPC_FPU_H
+
+#include <linux/preempt.h>
+
+#include <asm/cpu_has_feature.h>
+#include <asm/switch_to.h>
+
+#define kernel_fpu_available()	(!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_FPU_UNAVAILABLE))
+
+static inline void kernel_fpu_begin(void)
+{
+	preempt_disable();
+	enable_kernel_fp();
+}
+
+static inline void kernel_fpu_end(void)
+{
+	disable_kernel_fp();
+	preempt_enable();
+}
+
+#endif /* ! _ASM_POWERPC_FPU_H */