diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500mc.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppce500mc.inc
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+DEFAULTTUNE ?= "ppce500mc"
+
+require conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc.inc
+
+TUNEVALID[ppce500mc] = "Enable ppce500mc specific processor optimizations"
+TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "ppce500mc", " -mcpu=e500mc", "", d)}"
+
+AVAILTUNES += "ppce500mc"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppce500mc = "m32 fpu-hard ppce500mc"
+TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppce500mc = "ppce500mc"
+PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppce500mc = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc} ppce500mc"
+
+# glibc configure options to get e500mc specific library (for sqrt)
+GLIBC_EXTRA_OECONF += "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "ppce500mc", "-with-cpu=e500mc", "", d)}"