diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-4.6.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-4.6.inc
index 020e21b..32545eb 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-4.6.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-4.6.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require gcc-common.inc
 
-PR = "r25"
+PR = "r26"
 
 # Third digit in PV should be incremented after a minor release
 # happens from this branch on gcc e.g. currently its 4.6.0
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
index 9542dc9..0f91ed3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ EXTRA_OECONF_append_linux-uclibceabi = " --disable-__cxa_atexit"
 EXTRA_OECONF_FPU = "${@get_gcc_fpu_setting(bb, d)}"
 CPPFLAGS = ""
 
+# powerpc needs this to comply with the ABI
+EXTRA_OECONF_append_powerpc = " --with-long-double-128"
+EXTRA_OECONF_append_powerpc64 = " --with-long-double-128"
+
 # Used by configure to define additional values for FLAGS_FOR_TARGET -
 # passed to all the compilers.
 ARCH_FLAGS_FOR_TARGET = "${TARGET_CC_ARCH}"