diff --git a/sys/powerpc/include/cpu.h b/sys/powerpc/include/cpu.h
index fffb2b4267a..86bd607c2f3 100644
--- a/sys/powerpc/include/cpu.h
+++ b/sys/powerpc/include/cpu.h
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ extern int cpu_features2;
 #define	PPC_FEATURE_HAS_FPU	0x08000000
 #define	PPC_FEATURE_HAS_MMU	0x04000000
 #define	PPC_FEATURE_UNIFIED_CACHE 0x01000000
+#define	PPC_FEATURE_HAS_SPE	0x00800000
+#define	PPC_FEATURE_HAS_EFP_SINGLE	0x00400000
+#define	PPC_FEATURE_HAS_EFP_DOUBLE	0x00200000
 #define	PPC_FEATURE_BOOKE	0x00008000
 #define	PPC_FEATURE_SMT		0x00004000
 #define	PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_05	0x00001000
@@ -70,7 +73,8 @@ extern int cpu_features2;
 #define	PPC_FEATURE_BITMASK						\
 	"\20"								\
 	"\040PPC32\037PPC64\035ALTIVEC\034FPU\033MMU\031UNIFIEDCACHE"	\
-	"\020BOOKE\017SMT\015ARCH205\013DFP\011ARCH206\010VSX"
+	"\030SPE\027SPESFP\026DPESFP\020BOOKE\017SMT\015ARCH205\013DFP"	\
+	"\011ARCH206\010VSX"
 #define	PPC_FEATURE2_BITMASK						\
 	"\20"								\
 	"\040ARCH207\037HTM\032VCRYPTO"
diff --git a/sys/powerpc/powerpc/cpu.c b/sys/powerpc/powerpc/cpu.c
index 859ff4aece4..c9592e0567f 100644
--- a/sys/powerpc/powerpc/cpu.c
+++ b/sys/powerpc/powerpc/cpu.c
@@ -180,9 +180,12 @@ static const struct cputab models[] = {
         { "Motorola PowerPC 8245",	MPC8245,	REVFMT_MAJMIN,
 	   PPC_FEATURE_HAS_FPU, 0, cpu_6xx_setup },
         { "Freescale e500v1 core",	FSL_E500v1,	REVFMT_MAJMIN,
-	   PPC_FEATURE_BOOKE, 0, cpu_booke_setup },
+	   PPC_FEATURE_BOOKE | PPC_FEATURE_HAS_SPE | PPC_FEATURE_HAS_EFP_SINGLE,
+	   0, cpu_booke_setup },
         { "Freescale e500v2 core",	FSL_E500v2,	REVFMT_MAJMIN,
-	   PPC_FEATURE_BOOKE, 0, cpu_booke_setup },
+	   PPC_FEATURE_BOOKE | PPC_FEATURE_HAS_SPE |
+	   PPC_FEATURE_HAS_EFP_SINGLE | PPC_FEATURE_HAS_EFP_DOUBLE, 0,
+	   cpu_booke_setup },
 	{ "Freescale e500mc core",	FSL_E500mc,	REVFMT_MAJMIN,
 	   PPC_FEATURE_BOOKE | PPC_FEATURE_HAS_FPU, 0, cpu_booke_setup },
 	{ "Freescale e5500 core",	FSL_E5500,	REVFMT_MAJMIN,