diff -r d7e1e002b496 -r c4567d28f31f src/cpu/ppc/vm/assembler_ppc.inline.hpp
--- a/src/cpu/ppc/vm/assembler_ppc.inline.hpp	Mon Jun 17 17:20:10 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/cpu/ppc/vm/assembler_ppc.inline.hpp	Tue Jun 18 09:33:34 2019 -0400
@@ -789,7 +789,8 @@
 inline void Assembler::vsbox(       VectorRegister d, VectorRegister a)                   { emit_int32( VSBOX_OPCODE        | vrt(d) | vra(a)         ); }
 
 // SHA (introduced with Power 8)
-// Not yet implemented.
+inline void Assembler::vshasigmad(VectorRegister d, VectorRegister a, bool st, int six) { emit_int32( VSHASIGMAD_OPCODE | vrt(d) | vra(a) | vst(st) | vsix(six)); }
+inline void Assembler::vshasigmaw(VectorRegister d, VectorRegister a, bool st, int six) { emit_int32( VSHASIGMAW_OPCODE | vrt(d) | vra(a) | vst(st) | vsix(six)); }
 
 // Vector Binary Polynomial Multiplication (introduced with Power 8)
 inline void Assembler::vpmsumb(  VectorRegister d, VectorRegister a, VectorRegister b) { emit_int32( VPMSUMB_OPCODE | vrt(d) | vra(a) | vrb(b)); }
@@ -887,6 +888,22 @@
 inline void Assembler::lvsl(  VectorRegister d, Register s2) { emit_int32( LVSL_OPCODE   | vrt(d) | rb(s2)); }
 inline void Assembler::lvsr(  VectorRegister d, Register s2) { emit_int32( LVSR_OPCODE   | vrt(d) | rb(s2)); }
 
+inline void Assembler::load_perm(VectorRegister perm, Register addr) {
+#if defined(VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+  lvsr(perm, addr);
+#else
+  lvsl(perm, addr);
+#endif
+}
+
+inline void Assembler::vec_perm(VectorRegister first_dest, VectorRegister second, VectorRegister perm) {
+#if defined(VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+  vperm(first_dest, second, first_dest, perm);
+#else
+  vperm(first_dest, first_dest, second, perm);
+#endif
+}
+
 inline void Assembler::load_const(Register d, void* x, Register tmp) {
    load_const(d, (long)x, tmp);
 }