diff --git a/lib/std/zig/system/freebsd.zig b/lib/std/zig/system/freebsd.zig
index b1ed37dd67e3e2d9f94b845ddea14b1b55e58ac4..a54042e7712f6dad913e4b4eab5c314979f2e0b6 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/system/freebsd.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/system/freebsd.zig
@@ -30,9 +30,83 @@ const aarch64 = struct {
     }
 };
 
+const powerpc = struct {
+    const models = .{
+        .{ "Freescale e500v1 core", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.e500 },
+        .{ "Freescale e500v2 core", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.e500 }, // TODO: This should have efpu2.
+        .{ "Freescale e500mc core", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.e500mc },
+        .{ "Freescale e5500 core", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.e5500 },
+        .{ "Freescale e6500 core", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.e5500 }, // TODO: This should have altivec.
+        .{ "IBM Cell Broadband Engine", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.ppc64 },
+        .{ "IBM PowerPC 750FX", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"750" },
+        .{ "IBM PowerPC 970", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"970" },
+        .{ "IBM PowerPC 970FX", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"970" },
+        .{ "IBM PowerPC 970GX", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"970" },
+        .{ "IBM PowerPC 970MP", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"970" },
+        .{ "IBM POWER4", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.pwr4 },
+        .{ "IBM POWER4+", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.pwr4 },
+        .{ "IBM POWER5", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.pwr5 },
+        .{ "IBM POWER5+", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.pwr5x },
+        .{ "IBM POWER6", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.pwr6 },
+        .{ "IBM POWER7", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.pwr7 },
+        .{ "IBM POWER7+", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.pwr7 },
+        .{ "IBM POWER8E", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.pwr8 },
+        .{ "IBM POWER8NVL", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.pwr8 },
+        .{ "IBM POWER8", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.pwr8 },
+        .{ "IBM POWER9", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.pwr9 },
+        .{ "IBM POWER10", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.pwr10 },
+        .{ "IBM POWER11", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.pwr11 },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 601", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"601" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 602", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"602" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 603", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"603" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 603e", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"603e" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 603ev", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"603ev" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 604", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"604" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 604ev", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"604e" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 620", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"620" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 750", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"750" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 7400", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"7400" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 7410", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"7400" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 7450", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"7450" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 7455", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"7450" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 7457", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"7450" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 7457", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"7450" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 7447A", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"7450" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 7448", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"7450" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 8240", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"603e" },
+        .{ "Motorola PowerPC 8245", &std.Target.powerpc.cpu.@"603e" },
+    };
+
+    fn detectNativeCpu(arch: std.Target.Cpu.Arch) ?std.Target.Cpu {
+        const mib: [2]c_int = [_]c_int{
+            std.c.CTL.HW,
+            std.c.HW.MODEL,
+        };
+        var buf: [64:0]u8 = undefined;
+        var len: usize = buf.len + 1;
+
+        std.posix.sysctl(&mib, &buf, &len, null, 0) catch |err| switch (err) {
+            error.NameTooLong => unreachable,
+            error.PermissionDenied => unreachable,
+            error.SystemResources => unreachable,
+            error.UnknownName => unreachable,
+            error.Unexpected => return null,
+        };
+
+        const name = buf[0 .. len - 1 :0];
+
+        inline for (models) |pair| {
+            if (std.mem.eql(u8, name, pair[0])) return pair[1].toCpu(arch);
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+};
+
 pub fn detectNativeCpuAndFeatures() ?std.Target.Cpu {
     return switch (native_arch) {
         .aarch64 => aarch64.detectNativeCpuAndFeatures(native_arch),
+        .powerpc64, .powerpc64le => powerpc.detectNativeCpu(native_arch),
         else => null,
     };
 }