diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 89956c4f1ce3..f310c32e88a4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mno-vsx)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mno-spe)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mspe=no)
 
+# Don't emit .eh_frame since we have no use for it
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
+
 # Never use string load/store instructions as they are
 # often slow when they are implemented at all
 KBUILD_CFLAGS		+= $(call cc-option,-mno-string)