diff --git a/sys/conf/kern.pre.mk b/sys/conf/kern.pre.mk
index 28ecab86a6ea..58b1d0210877 100644
--- a/sys/conf/kern.pre.mk
+++ b/sys/conf/kern.pre.mk
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ ZFS_CFLAGS+= -DHAVE_AVX2 -DHAVE_AVX -D__x86_64 -DHAVE_SSE2 -DHAVE_AVX512F \
 .endif
 
 .if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "i386" || ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "powerpc" || \
-	${MACHINE_ARCH} == "arm"
+	${MACHINE_ARCH} == "powerpcspe" || ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "arm"
 ZFS_CFLAGS+= -DBITS_PER_LONG=32
 .else
 ZFS_CFLAGS+= -DBITS_PER_LONG=64
diff --git a/sys/modules/zfs/Makefile b/sys/modules/zfs/Makefile
index b6b84f6840fb..e01c2e19b8df 100644
--- a/sys/modules/zfs/Makefile
+++ b/sys/modules/zfs/Makefile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ CFLAGS+=	 -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage
 DEBUG_FLAGS=-g
 
 .if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "i386" || ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "powerpc" || \
-	${MACHINE_ARCH} == "arm"
+	${MACHINE_ARCH} == "powerpcspe" || ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "arm"
 CFLAGS+= -DBITS_PER_LONG=32
 .else
 CFLAGS+= -DBITS_PER_LONG=64
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ SRCS+=	acl_common.c \
 
 
 .if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "i386" || ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "powerpc" || \
-	${MACHINE_ARCH} == "arm"
+	${MACHINE_ARCH} == "powerpcspe" || ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "arm"
 SRCS+= spl_atomic.c
 .endif