diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/qemuppc/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/qemuppc/ChangeLog
index 8256c7ba6b..bd3aad4255 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/qemuppc/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/qemuppc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-02-11	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* startup/bspstart.c:
+	Use "__asm__" instead of "asm" for improved c99-compliance.
+
 2011-02-02	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
 	* configure.ac: Require autoconf-2.68, automake-1.11.1.
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/qemuppc/startup/bspstart.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/qemuppc/startup/bspstart.c
index 55aa6ee20e..10538e5be4 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/qemuppc/startup/bspstart.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/qemuppc/startup/bspstart.c
@@ -124,6 +124,6 @@ void bsp_start( void )
   setdbat(2, 0xc<<24, 0xc<<24, 1<<24,  IO_PAGE);
 
   _write_MSR(_read_MSR() | MSR_DR | MSR_IR);
-  asm volatile("sync; isync");
+  __asm__ volatile("sync; isync");
 #endif
 }