diff --git a/lib/msun/powerpc/fenv.c b/lib/msun/powerpc/fenv.c
index 7f7d98515995..1a5644547958 100644
--- a/lib/msun/powerpc/fenv.c
+++ b/lib/msun/powerpc/fenv.c
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@
 #error "This file must be compiled with C99 'inline' semantics"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __SPE__
+const fenv_t __fe_dfl_env = SPEFSCR_DFLT;
+#else
 const fenv_t __fe_dfl_env = 0x00000000;
+#endif
 
 extern inline int feclearexcept(int __excepts);
 extern inline int fegetexceptflag(fexcept_t *__flagp, int __excepts);