diff --git a/kernel/power/KERNEL.POWER9 b/kernel/power/KERNEL.POWER9
index 4bfa017e1..aabb5d976 100644
--- a/kernel/power/KERNEL.POWER9
+++ b/kernel/power/KERNEL.POWER9
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+ifeq ($(__BYTE_ORDER__),__ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__)
+include $(KERNELDIR)/KERNEL.POWER8
+else
+
 #SGEMM_BETA = ../generic/gemm_beta.c
 #DGEMM_BETA = ../generic/gemm_beta.c
 #CGEMM_BETA = ../generic/zgemm_beta.c
@@ -206,3 +210,5 @@ QCABS_KERNEL	= ../generic/cabs.c
 #Dump kernel
 CGEMM3MKERNEL    = ../generic/zgemm3mkernel_dump.c
 ZGEMM3MKERNEL    = ../generic/zgemm3mkernel_dump.c
+
+endif