diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/qemu.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/qemu.bbclass
index f5c5780..55bdff8 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/qemu.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/qemu.bbclass
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
         target_arch = "ppc"
     elif target_arch == "powerpc64":
         target_arch = "ppc64"
+    elif target_arch == "powerpc64le":
+        target_arch = "ppc64le"
 
     return "qemu-" + target_arch
 
@@ -62,3 +64,4 @@
 QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_ppce6500 = " -cpu e500mc"
 QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_ppc64e6500 = " -cpu e500mc"
 QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_ppc7400 = " -cpu 7400"
+QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS_powerpc64le = " -cpu POWER8"