diff --git a/include/post.h b/include/post.h
index 97583b7e9..fe96312cb 100644
--- a/include/post.h
+++ b/include/post.h
@@ -80,6 +80,19 @@ extern struct post_test post_list[];
 extern unsigned int post_list_size;
 extern int post_hotkeys_pressed(void);
 
+/*
+ *  If GCC is configured to use a version of GAS that supports
+ * the .gnu_attribute directive, it will use that directive to
+ * record certain properties of the output code.
+ *  This feature is new to GCC 4.3.0.
+ *  .gnu_attribute is new to GAS 2.18.
+ */
+#if (__GNUC__ >= 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 3)
+/* Tag_GNU_Power_ABI_FP/soft-float */
+#define GNU_FPOST_ATTR	asm(".gnu_attribute	4, 2");
+#else
+#define GNU_FPOST_ATTR
+#endif /* __GNUC__ */
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_POST_RTC		0x00000001
diff --git a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/20001122-1.c b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/20001122-1.c
index a8537fa6a..bef80c5f7 100644
--- a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/20001122-1.c
+++ b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/20001122-1.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
 #if CONFIG_POST & CONFIG_SYS_POST_FPU
 
+GNU_FPOST_ATTR
+
 int fpu_post_test_math1 (void)
 {
 	volatile double a, *p;
diff --git a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/20010114-2.c b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/20010114-2.c
index 91e3631d0..ee564e8d6 100644
--- a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/20010114-2.c
+++ b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/20010114-2.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
 #if CONFIG_POST & CONFIG_SYS_POST_FPU
 
+GNU_FPOST_ATTR
+
 static float rintf (float x)
 {
 	volatile float TWO23 = 8388608.0;
diff --git a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/20010226-1.c b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/20010226-1.c
index b00386b18..099ca4a64 100644
--- a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/20010226-1.c
+++ b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/20010226-1.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
 #if CONFIG_POST & CONFIG_SYS_POST_FPU
 
+GNU_FPOST_ATTR
+
 int fpu_post_test_math3 (void)
 {
 	volatile long double dfrom = 1.1;
diff --git a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/980619-1.c b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/980619-1.c
index ceb2b76bf..46a31aec4 100644
--- a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/980619-1.c
+++ b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/980619-1.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
 #if CONFIG_POST & CONFIG_SYS_POST_FPU
 
+GNU_FPOST_ATTR
+
 int fpu_post_test_math4 (void)
 {
 	volatile float reale = 1.0f;
diff --git a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/Makefile b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/Makefile
index db435931d..a6815398e 100644
--- a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/Makefile
+++ b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/Makefile
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ COBJS-$(CONFIG_HAS_POST)	+= acc1.o compare-fp-1.o mul-subnormal-single-1.o
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/post/rules.mk
 
+CFLAGS := $(shell echo $(CFLAGS) | sed s/-msoft-float//)
 CFLAGS += -mhard-float -fkeep-inline-functions
diff --git a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/acc1.c b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/acc1.c
index 8a6519383..9fca9b378 100644
--- a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/acc1.c
+++ b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/acc1.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
 #if CONFIG_POST & CONFIG_SYS_POST_FPU
 
+GNU_FPOST_ATTR
+
 static double func (const double *array)
 {
 	double d = *array;
diff --git a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/compare-fp-1.c b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/compare-fp-1.c
index ab476579e..f836b29c0 100644
--- a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/compare-fp-1.c
+++ b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/compare-fp-1.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
 #if CONFIG_POST & CONFIG_SYS_POST_FPU
 
+GNU_FPOST_ATTR
+
 static int failed;
 
 #define TEST(c) if ((c) != ok) failed++
diff --git a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/fpu.c b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/fpu.c
index 846b76d87..3f3adea19 100644
--- a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/fpu.c
+++ b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/fpu.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 
 #include <watchdog.h>
 
+GNU_FPOST_ATTR
+
 extern int fpu_status (void);
 extern void fpu_enable (void);
 extern void fpu_disable (void);
diff --git a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/mul-subnormal-single-1.c b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/mul-subnormal-single-1.c
index 9c514e116..1f3732d92 100644
--- a/post/lib_ppc/fpu/mul-subnormal-single-1.c
+++ b/post/lib_ppc/fpu/mul-subnormal-single-1.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
 #if CONFIG_POST & CONFIG_SYS_POST_FPU
 
+GNU_FPOST_ATTR
+
 union uf
 {
 	unsigned int u;