diff --git a/tools/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h b/tools/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b23aee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copied from the kernel sources:
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1999 Cort Dougan <cort@cs.nmt.edu>
+ */
+#ifndef _TOOLS_LINUX_ASM_POWERPC_BARRIER_H
+#define _TOOLS_LINUX_ASM_POWERPC_BARRIER_H
+
+/*
+ * Memory barrier.
+ * The sync instruction guarantees that all memory accesses initiated
+ * by this processor have been performed (with respect to all other
+ * mechanisms that access memory).  The eieio instruction is a barrier
+ * providing an ordering (separately) for (a) cacheable stores and (b)
+ * loads and stores to non-cacheable memory (e.g. I/O devices).
+ *
+ * mb() prevents loads and stores being reordered across this point.
+ * rmb() prevents loads being reordered across this point.
+ * wmb() prevents stores being reordered across this point.
+ *
+ * *mb() variants without smp_ prefix must order all types of memory
+ * operations with one another. sync is the only instruction sufficient
+ * to do this.
+ */
+#define mb()   __asm__ __volatile__ ("sync" : : : "memory")
+#define rmb()  __asm__ __volatile__ ("sync" : : : "memory")
+#define wmb()  __asm__ __volatile__ ("sync" : : : "memory")
+
+#endif /* _TOOLS_LINUX_ASM_POWERPC_BARRIER_H */
diff --git a/tools/include/asm/barrier.h b/tools/include/asm/barrier.h
index 9a55c12..249f672 100644
--- a/tools/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/tools/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
 #include "../../arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h"
+#elif defined(__powerpc__)
+#include "../../arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/MANIFEST b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
index 594737a..4b3346e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/MANIFEST
+++ b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 tools/perf
+tools/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h
 tools/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
 tools/scripts
 tools/build
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf-sys.h b/tools/perf/perf-sys.h
index 781d441..01c0695 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf-sys.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf-sys.h
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
 
 #ifdef __powerpc__
 #include "../../arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h"
-#define mb()		asm volatile ("sync" ::: "memory")
-#define wmb()		asm volatile ("sync" ::: "memory")
-#define rmb()		asm volatile ("sync" ::: "memory")
 #define CPUINFO_PROC	{"cpu"}
 #endif