--- emacs-20.4.orig/configure.in	Tue Oct 12 12:40:00 1999
+++ emacs-20.4/configure.in	Tue Oct 12 12:42:16 1999
@@ -428,6 +428,10 @@
     machine=nh6000 opsys=powerunix
     NON_GNU_CPP="cc -Xo -E -P"
   ;;
+  powerpc*-*-linux* )
+    machine=powerpc opsys=gnu-linux
+  ;;
+
   ## SR2001/SR2201 running HI-UX/MPP
   hppa1.1-hitachi-hiuxmpp* )
     machine=sr2k opsys=hiuxmpp