diff -Nru binutils-2.16.1.orig/ld/configure.tgt binutils-2.16.1/ld/configure.tgt
--- binutils-2.16.1.orig/ld/configure.tgt	2005-08-01 18:25:53.000000000 +0200
+++ binutils-2.16.1/ld/configure.tgt	2005-08-01 18:28:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -620,6 +620,10 @@
   NATIVE_LIB_DIRS='/usr/lib /usr/lib/w32api'
   ;;
 
+ppc-*-linux* | powerpc-*-linux*)
+  NATIVE_LIB_DIRS='/usr/local/lib /lib/ppc /lib /usr/lib'
+  ;;
+
 *-*-linux*)
   ;;