diff --git a/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/shared/include/cpuIdent.c b/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/shared/include/cpuIdent.c
index dab61288e8..2bc7bfb178 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/shared/include/cpuIdent.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/shared/include/cpuIdent.c
@@ -75,18 +75,41 @@ char *get_ppc_cpu_type_name(ppc_cpu_id_t cpu)
 
 ppc_cpu_id_t get_ppc_cpu_type(void)
 {
+  /*
+   * cpu types listed here have the lowermost nibble as a version identifier
+   * we will tweak them to the starndard version
+   */
+  const uint32_t ppc_cpu_id_version_nibble[] = {
+    PPC_e200z6,
+    PPC_e200z0,
+    PPC_e200z1};
+
   unsigned int pvr;
+  int i;
 
   if ( PPC_UNKNOWN != current_ppc_cpu )
   	return current_ppc_cpu;
 
   pvr = (_read_PVR() >> 16);
+  /*
+   * apply tweaks to ignore version
+   */
+  for (i = 0;
+       i < (sizeof(ppc_cpu_id_version_nibble)
+	    /sizeof(ppc_cpu_id_version_nibble[0]));
+       i++) {
+    if ((pvr & 0xfff0) == (ppc_cpu_id_version_nibble[i] & 0xfff0)) {
+      pvr = ppc_cpu_id_version_nibble[i];
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
   current_ppc_cpu = (ppc_cpu_id_t) pvr;
 
   switch (pvr) {
     case PPC_405:
-	case PPC_405GP:
-	case PPC_405EX:
+    case PPC_405GP:
+    case PPC_405EX:
     case PPC_601:
     case PPC_5XX:
     case PPC_603:
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/shared/include/cpuIdent.h b/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/shared/include/cpuIdent.h
index a0adf2324c..0e64af84e2 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/shared/include/cpuIdent.h
+++ b/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/shared/include/cpuIdent.h
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ typedef enum
   PPC_e300c3  = 0x8085, /* e300c3  core */
   PPC_e200z0  = 0x8171,
   PPC_e200z1  = 0x8144,
-  PPC_e200z6  = 0x8115,
+  PPC_e200z6  = 0x8112,
+  PPC_e200z6v5= 0x8115,
   PPC_PSIM    = 0xfffe,  /* GDB PowerPC simulator -- fake version */
   PPC_UNKNOWN = 0xffff
 } ppc_cpu_id_t;