diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppc440.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-ppc440.inc
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+DEFAULTTUNE ?= "ppc440"
+
+require conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc.inc
+
+TUNEVALID[ppc440] = "Enable ppc440 specific processor optimizations"
+TUNE_CCARGS += "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "ppc440", "-mcpu=440", "", d)}"
+
+AVAILTUNES += "ppc440"
+TUNE_FEATURES_tune-ppc440 = "m32 fpu-soft ppc440"
+TUNE_PKGARCH_tune-ppc440 = "ppc440"
+PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ppc440 = "${PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-powerpc-nf} ppc440"
+
+# glibc configure options to get 440 specific library (for sqrt)
+GLIBC_EXTRA_OECONF += "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "ppc440", "-with-cpu=440", "", d)}"