diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
index 0f2aaeb533a97..437517989ab2b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ supported_targets! {
     ("armv7-unknown-freebsd", armv7_unknown_freebsd),
     ("i686-unknown-freebsd", i686_unknown_freebsd),
     ("powerpc64-unknown-freebsd", powerpc64_unknown_freebsd),
+    ("powerpc64le-unknown-freebsd", powerpc64le_unknown_freebsd),
     ("x86_64-unknown-freebsd", x86_64_unknown_freebsd),
 
     ("x86_64-unknown-dragonfly", x86_64_unknown_dragonfly),
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/powerpc64le_unknown_freebsd.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/powerpc64le_unknown_freebsd.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..283e9f744cbfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/powerpc64le_unknown_freebsd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+use crate::spec::{LinkerFlavor, Target, TargetOptions};
+
+pub fn target() -> Target {
+    let mut base = super::freebsd_base::opts();
+    base.cpu = "ppc64le".to_string();
+    base.pre_link_args.entry(LinkerFlavor::Gcc).or_default().push("-m64".to_string());
+    base.max_atomic_width = Some(64);
+
+    Target {
+        llvm_target: "powerpc64le-unknown-freebsd".to_string(),
+        pointer_width: 64,
+        data_layout: "e-m:e-i64:64-n32:64".to_string(),
+        arch: "powerpc64".to_string(),
+        options: TargetOptions { mcount: "_mcount".to_string(), ..base },
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md b/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md
index 3225e95941cf3..885010b039eac 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support.md
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ target | std | host | notes
 `powerpc-wrs-vxworks-spe` | ? |  |
 `powerpc-wrs-vxworks` | ? |  |
 `powerpc64-unknown-freebsd` | ✓ | ✓ | PPC64 FreeBSD (ELFv1 and ELFv2)
+`powerpc64le-unknown-freebsd` |   |   | PPC64LE FreeBSD
 `powerpc64-unknown-linux-musl` | ? |  |
 `powerpc64-wrs-vxworks` | ? |  |
 `powerpc64le-unknown-linux-musl` | ? |  |