diff --git a/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce6500.inc b/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce6500.inc
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+DEFAULTTUNE ?= "ppce6500"
+
+require conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc64.inc
+
+TUNEVALID[e6500] = "Enable Freescale e6500 specific processor optimizations"
+
+PPCE6500_CCARG = "${@'-te6500' if d.getVar('CSL_IS_PRO', True) == '1' else '-mcpu=e6500'}"
+TUNE_CCARGS_append = " ${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "e6500", PPCE6500_CCARG, "", d)}"
+
+TUNE_ASARGS += "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "m64", "-a64 -me6500", "", d)}"
+
+
+AVAILTUNES += "ppce6500 ppc64e6500"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce6500 = "m32 fpu-hard e6500 altivec"
+BASE_LIB_tune-ppce6500 = "lib"
+TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppce6500 = "ppce6500"
+PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppce6500 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc} ppce6500"
+
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc64e6500 = "m64 fpu-hard e6500 altivec"
+BASE_LIB_tune-ppc64e6500 = "lib64"
+TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppc64e6500 = "ppc64e6500"
+PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppc64e6500 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc64} ppc64e6500"
+
+# glibc configure options to get e6500 specific library
+GLIBC_EXTRA_OECONF_powerpc64 += "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "e6500", "--with-cpu=e6500", "", d)}"
+GLIBC_EXTRA_OECONF_powerpc += "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "e6500", "--with-cpu=e6500", "", d)}"