diff --git a/host/include/ppc/host/cpuinfo.h b/host/include/ppc/host/cpuinfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ec252ef52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/include/ppc/host/cpuinfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ * Host specific cpu indentification for ppc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef HOST_CPUINFO_H
+#define HOST_CPUINFO_H
+
+/* Digested version of <cpuid.h> */
+
+#define CPUINFO_ALWAYS          (1u << 0)  /* so cpuinfo is nonzero */
+#define CPUINFO_V2_06           (1u << 1)
+#define CPUINFO_V2_07           (1u << 2)
+#define CPUINFO_V3_00           (1u << 3)
+#define CPUINFO_V3_10           (1u << 4)
+#define CPUINFO_ISEL            (1u << 5)
+#define CPUINFO_ALTIVEC         (1u << 6)
+#define CPUINFO_VSX             (1u << 7)
+
+/* Initialized with a constructor. */
+extern unsigned cpuinfo;
+
+/*
+ * We cannot rely on constructor ordering, so other constructors must
+ * use the function interface rather than the variable above.
+ */
+unsigned cpuinfo_init(void);
+
+#endif /* HOST_CPUINFO_H */
diff --git a/host/include/ppc64/host/cpuinfo.h b/host/include/ppc64/host/cpuinfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f036a0627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/include/ppc64/host/cpuinfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "host/include/ppc/host/cpuinfo.h"
diff --git a/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.h b/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.h
index c7552b6391..b632a5a647 100644
--- a/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.h
+++ b/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #ifndef PPC_TCG_TARGET_H
 #define PPC_TCG_TARGET_H
 
+#include "host/cpuinfo.h"
+
 #define MAX_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE  ((size_t)-1)
 
 #define TCG_TARGET_NB_REGS 64
@@ -61,14 +63,12 @@ typedef enum {
     tcg_isa_3_10,
 } TCGPowerISA;
 
-extern TCGPowerISA have_isa;
-extern bool have_altivec;
-extern bool have_vsx;
-
-#define have_isa_2_06  (have_isa >= tcg_isa_2_06)
-#define have_isa_2_07  (have_isa >= tcg_isa_2_07)
-#define have_isa_3_00  (have_isa >= tcg_isa_3_00)
-#define have_isa_3_10  (have_isa >= tcg_isa_3_10)
+#define have_isa_2_06  (cpuinfo & CPUINFO_V2_06)
+#define have_isa_2_07  (cpuinfo & CPUINFO_V2_07)
+#define have_isa_3_00  (cpuinfo & CPUINFO_V3_00)
+#define have_isa_3_10  (cpuinfo & CPUINFO_V3_10)
+#define have_altivec   (cpuinfo & CPUINFO_ALTIVEC)
+#define have_vsx       (cpuinfo & CPUINFO_VSX)
 
 /* optional instructions automatically implemented */
 #define TCG_TARGET_HAS_ext8u_i32        0 /* andi */
diff --git a/util/cpuinfo-ppc.c b/util/cpuinfo-ppc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee761de33a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/cpuinfo-ppc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ * Host specific cpu indentification for ppc.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "host/cpuinfo.h"
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_GETAUXVAL
+# include <sys/auxv.h>
+#else
+# include <asm/cputable.h>
+# include "elf.h"
+#endif
+
+unsigned cpuinfo;
+
+/* Called both as constructor and (possibly) via other constructors. */
+unsigned __attribute__((constructor)) cpuinfo_init(void)
+{
+    unsigned info = cpuinfo;
+    unsigned long hwcap, hwcap2;
+
+    if (info) {
+        return info;
+    }
+
+    hwcap = qemu_getauxval(AT_HWCAP);
+    hwcap2 = qemu_getauxval(AT_HWCAP2);
+    info = CPUINFO_ALWAYS;
+
+    if (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_06) {
+        info |= CPUINFO_V2_06;
+    }
+    if (hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_2_07) {
+        info |= CPUINFO_V2_07;
+    }
+    if (hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_3_00) {
+        info |= CPUINFO_V3_00;
+    }
+    if (hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_3_1) {
+        info |= CPUINFO_V3_10;
+    }
+    if (hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_HAS_ISEL) {
+        info |= CPUINFO_ISEL;
+    }
+    if (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC) {
+        info |= CPUINFO_ALTIVEC;
+        /* We only care about the portion of VSX that overlaps Altivec. */
+        if (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX) {
+            info |= CPUINFO_VSX;
+        }
+    }
+
+    cpuinfo = info;
+    return info;
+}
diff --git a/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.c.inc b/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.c.inc
index 5c8378f8f6..c866f2c997 100644
--- a/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.c.inc
+++ b/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.c.inc
@@ -101,10 +101,7 @@
 #define ALL_GENERAL_REGS  0xffffffffu
 #define ALL_VECTOR_REGS   0xffffffff00000000ull
 
-TCGPowerISA have_isa;
-static bool have_isel;
-bool have_altivec;
-bool have_vsx;
+#define have_isel  (cpuinfo & CPUINFO_ISEL)
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SOFTMMU
 #define TCG_GUEST_BASE_REG 30
@@ -3879,45 +3876,6 @@ static TCGConstraintSetIndex tcg_target_op_def(TCGOpcode op)
 
 static void tcg_target_init(TCGContext *s)
 {
-    unsigned long hwcap = qemu_getauxval(AT_HWCAP);
-    unsigned long hwcap2 = qemu_getauxval(AT_HWCAP2);
-
-    have_isa = tcg_isa_base;
-    if (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_06) {
-        have_isa = tcg_isa_2_06;
-    }
-#ifdef PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_2_07
-    if (hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_2_07) {
-        have_isa = tcg_isa_2_07;
-    }
-#endif
-#ifdef PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_3_00
-    if (hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_3_00) {
-        have_isa = tcg_isa_3_00;
-    }
-#endif
-#ifdef PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_3_10
-    if (hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_3_10) {
-        have_isa = tcg_isa_3_10;
-    }
-#endif
-
-#ifdef PPC_FEATURE2_HAS_ISEL
-    /* Prefer explicit instruction from the kernel. */
-    have_isel = (hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_HAS_ISEL) != 0;
-#else
-    /* Fall back to knowing Power7 (2.06) has ISEL. */
-    have_isel = have_isa_2_06;
-#endif
-
-    if (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC) {
-        have_altivec = true;
-        /* We only care about the portion of VSX that overlaps Altivec. */
-        if (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX) {
-            have_vsx = true;
-        }
-    }
-
     tcg_target_available_regs[TCG_TYPE_I32] = 0xffffffff;
     tcg_target_available_regs[TCG_TYPE_I64] = 0xffffffff;
     if (have_altivec) {
diff --git a/util/meson.build b/util/meson.build
index 3a93071d27..a375160286 100644
--- a/util/meson.build
+++ b/util/meson.build
@@ -113,4 +113,6 @@ if cpu == 'aarch64'
   util_ss.add(files('cpuinfo-aarch64.c'))
 elif cpu in ['x86', 'x86_64']
   util_ss.add(files('cpuinfo-i386.c'))
+elif cpu in ['ppc', 'ppc64']
+  util_ss.add(files('cpuinfo-ppc.c'))
 endif
