diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/i386/bfd.h b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/i386/bfd.h
index e07887b13c7f..a3cb2f5f507f 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/i386/bfd.h
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/i386/bfd.h
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ extern "C" {
 /* The word size of the default bfd target.  */
 #define BFD_DEFAULT_TARGET_SIZE 32
 
+#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__powerpc__)
 #define BFD_HOST_64BIT_LONG 0
+#else
+#define BFD_HOST_64BIT_LONG 1
+#endif /* __i386__ */
 #if 0
 #define BFD_HOST_64_BIT 
 #define BFD_HOST_U_64_BIT