diff --git a/kernel/Makefile.L3 b/kernel/Makefile.L3
index dfdaf5cf4..d5de070a5 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile.L3
+++ b/kernel/Makefile.L3
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ USE_TRMM = 1
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CORE), POWER8)
+ifeq ($(BINARY64),1)
 USE_TRMM = 1
 endif
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(CORE), POWER9)
 USE_TRMM = 1
diff --git a/kernel/power/KERNEL.POWER8 b/kernel/power/KERNEL.POWER8
index 7fba5b4d6..c2f4cd204 100644
--- a/kernel/power/KERNEL.POWER8
+++ b/kernel/power/KERNEL.POWER8
@@ -1,3 +1,44 @@
+# Big-endian 32bit (AIX) is supported through the POWER6 GEMM kernels, no separate TRMM
+ifeq ($(__BYTE_ORDER__)$(BINARY32),__ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__1)
+SGEMMKERNEL    =  gemm_kernel_power6.S
+SGEMMINCOPY    =
+SGEMMITCOPY    =
+SGEMMONCOPY    =  gemm_ncopy_4.S
+SGEMMOTCOPY    =  gemm_tcopy_4.S
+SGEMMINCOPYOBJ =
+SGEMMITCOPYOBJ =
+SGEMMONCOPYOBJ =  sgemm_oncopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
+SGEMMOTCOPYOBJ =  sgemm_otcopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
+DGEMMKERNEL    =  gemm_kernel_power6.S
+DGEMMINCOPY    =
+DGEMMITCOPY    =
+DGEMMONCOPY    =  gemm_ncopy_4.S
+DGEMMOTCOPY    =  gemm_tcopy_4.S
+DGEMMINCOPYOBJ =
+DGEMMITCOPYOBJ =
+DGEMMONCOPYOBJ =  dgemm_oncopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
+DGEMMOTCOPYOBJ =  dgemm_otcopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
+CGEMMKERNEL    =  zgemm_kernel_power6.S
+CGEMMINCOPY    =  ../generic/zgemm_ncopy_2.c
+CGEMMITCOPY    =  ../generic/zgemm_tcopy_2.c
+CGEMMONCOPY    =  ../generic/zgemm_ncopy_4.c
+CGEMMOTCOPY    =  ../generic/zgemm_tcopy_4.c
+CGEMMINCOPYOBJ =  cgemm_incopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
+CGEMMITCOPYOBJ =  cgemm_itcopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
+CGEMMONCOPYOBJ =  cgemm_oncopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
+CGEMMOTCOPYOBJ =  cgemm_otcopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
+ZGEMMKERNEL    =  zgemm_kernel_power6.S
+ZGEMMINCOPY    =  ../generic/zgemm_ncopy_2.c
+ZGEMMITCOPY    =  ../generic/zgemm_tcopy_2.c
+ZGEMMONCOPY    =  ../generic/zgemm_ncopy_4.c
+ZGEMMOTCOPY    =  ../generic/zgemm_tcopy_4.c
+ZGEMMINCOPYOBJ =  zgemm_incopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
+ZGEMMITCOPYOBJ =  zgemm_itcopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
+ZGEMMONCOPYOBJ =  zgemm_oncopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
+ZGEMMOTCOPYOBJ =  zgemm_otcopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
+
+else
+
 #SGEMM_BETA = ../generic/gemm_beta.c
 #DGEMM_BETA = ../generic/gemm_beta.c
 #CGEMM_BETA = ../generic/zgemm_beta.c
@@ -47,16 +88,24 @@ ZGEMMONCOPYOBJ =  zgemm_oncopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
 ZGEMMOTCOPYOBJ =  zgemm_otcopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
 ZGEMMINCOPYOBJ =  zgemm_incopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
 ZGEMMITCOPYOBJ =  zgemm_itcopy$(TSUFFIX).$(SUFFIX)
+endif
 
 STRSMKERNEL_LN	=  ../generic/trsm_kernel_LN.c
 STRSMKERNEL_LT	=  ../generic/trsm_kernel_LT.c
 STRSMKERNEL_RN	=  ../generic/trsm_kernel_RN.c
 STRSMKERNEL_RT	=  ../generic/trsm_kernel_RT.c
 
+ifeq ($(__BYTE_ORDER__)$(BINARY32),__ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__1)
+DTRSMKERNEL_LN  =  trsm_kernel_power6_LN.S
+DTRSMKERNEL_LT  =  trsm_kernel_power6_LT.S
+DTRSMKERNEL_RN  =  trsm_kernel_power6_LT.S
+DTRSMKERNEL_RT  =  trsm_kernel_power6_RT.S
+else
 DTRSMKERNEL_LN	= ../generic/trsm_kernel_LN.c
 DTRSMKERNEL_LT	= dtrsm_kernel_LT_16x4_power8.S
 DTRSMKERNEL_RN	= ../generic/trsm_kernel_RN.c
 DTRSMKERNEL_RT	= ../generic/trsm_kernel_RT.c
+endif
 
 CTRSMKERNEL_LN	= ../generic/trsm_kernel_LN.c
 CTRSMKERNEL_LT	= ../generic/trsm_kernel_LT.c
@@ -153,6 +202,10 @@ ZASUMKERNEL  = zasum.c
 #
 SAXPYKERNEL  = saxpy.c
 DAXPYKERNEL  = daxpy.c
+#
+ifeq ($(__BYTE_ORDER__)$(BINARY32),__ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__1)
+CAXPYKERNEL  = zaxpy.S
+else
 ifneq ($(__BYTE_ORDER__),__ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__)
 ifneq ($(GCCVERSIONGTEQ9),1)
 CAXPYKERNEL  = caxpy_power8.S
@@ -162,6 +215,7 @@ endif
 else
 CAXPYKERNEL  = caxpy.c
 endif
+endif
 #
 ZAXPYKERNEL  = zaxpy.c
 #
@@ -239,4 +293,3 @@ IDAMINKERNEL  = ../arm/iamin.c
 IZAMAXKERNEL  = ../arm/izamax.c
 IZAMINKERNEL  = ../arm/izamin.c
 endif
-
diff --git a/param.h b/param.h
index e8cf53f0a..efe0e1096 100644
--- a/param.h
+++ b/param.h
@@ -2225,7 +2225,17 @@ USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #define GEMM_DEFAULT_OFFSET_A 0 
 #define GEMM_DEFAULT_OFFSET_B 65536
 #define GEMM_DEFAULT_ALIGN 0x0ffffUL
-
+#if defined(__32BIT__)
+#warning using BINARY32==POWER6
+#define SGEMM_DEFAULT_UNROLL_M 4
+#define SGEMM_DEFAULT_UNROLL_N 4
+#define DGEMM_DEFAULT_UNROLL_M 4
+#define DGEMM_DEFAULT_UNROLL_N 4
+#define CGEMM_DEFAULT_UNROLL_M 2
+#define CGEMM_DEFAULT_UNROLL_N 4
+#define ZGEMM_DEFAULT_UNROLL_M 2
+#define ZGEMM_DEFAULT_UNROLL_N 4
+#else
 #define SGEMM_DEFAULT_UNROLL_M 16
 #define SGEMM_DEFAULT_UNROLL_N 8
 #define DGEMM_DEFAULT_UNROLL_M 16
@@ -2234,7 +2244,7 @@ USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #define CGEMM_DEFAULT_UNROLL_N 4
 #define ZGEMM_DEFAULT_UNROLL_M 8
 #define ZGEMM_DEFAULT_UNROLL_N 2
-
+#endif
 #define SGEMM_DEFAULT_P  1280UL
 #define DGEMM_DEFAULT_P  640UL
 #define CGEMM_DEFAULT_P  640UL