diff -r 634b8615a6ba -r 06320b1578cb make/pic.make
--- a/make/pic.make	Fri Jun 22 14:00:39 2012 -0400
+++ b/make/pic.make	Mon Jun 25 15:34:06 2012 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2006, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@
 
 ifneq ($(OSNAME), windows)
   ifndef LP64
+    PARTIAL_NONPIC=1
+  endif
+  PIC_ARCH = ppc
+  ifneq ("$(filter $(PIC_ARCH),$(BUILDARCH))","")
+    PARTIAL_NONPIC=0
+  endif
+  ifeq ($(PARTIAL_NONPIC),1)
     NONPIC_DIRS  = memory oops gc_implementation gc_interface 
     NONPIC_DIRS  := $(foreach dir,$(NONPIC_DIRS), $(GAMMADIR)/src/share/vm/$(dir))
     # Look for source files under NONPIC_DIRS