diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
index 370600ca2765..ed24bd92fe49 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ SYSCALL(reboot)
 SYSX(sys_ni_syscall,compat_sys_old_readdir,sys_old_readdir)
 SYSCALL_SPU(mmap)
 SYSCALL_SPU(munmap)
-SYSCALL_SPU(truncate)
-SYSCALL_SPU(ftruncate)
+COMPAT_SYS_SPU(truncate)
+COMPAT_SYS_SPU(ftruncate)
 SYSCALL_SPU(fchmod)
 SYSCALL_SPU(fchown)
 COMPAT_SYS_SPU(getpriority)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
index bb1cfcfdbbbb..1cc5e9e5da96 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
@@ -343,6 +343,18 @@ off_t ppc32_lseek(unsigned int fd, u32 offset, unsigned int origin)
 	return sys_lseek(fd, (int)offset, origin);
 }
 
+long compat_sys_truncate(const char __user * path, u32 length)
+{
+	/* sign extend length */
+	return sys_truncate(path, (int)length);
+}
+
+long compat_sys_ftruncate(int fd, u32 length)
+{
+	/* sign extend length */
+	return sys_ftruncate(fd, (int)length);
+}
+
 /* Note: it is necessary to treat bufsiz as an unsigned int,
  * with the corresponding cast to a signed int to insure that the 
  * proper conversion (sign extension) between the register representation of a signed int (msr in 32-bit mode)