diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index a5d78c94cca..d13fab08bc4 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-03-22  Michael Meissner  <meissner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+	* gcc.dg/torture/vector-1.c: On powerpc add -fabi=altivec to avoid
+	failure on 32-bit systems.
+	* gcc.dg/torture/vector-2.c: Ditto.
+
 2011-03-22  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
 
 	PR tree-optimization/48228
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/torture/vector-1.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/torture/vector-1.c
index 9ab78aaf53e..205fee6d6de 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/torture/vector-1.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/torture/vector-1.c
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 /* { dg-do run } */
 /* { dg-options "-msse" { target { i?86-*-* x86_64-*-* } } } */
 /* { dg-require-effective-target sse_runtime { target { i?86-*-* x86_64-*-* } } } */
+/* { dg-options "-mabi=altivec" { target { powerpc-*-* powerpc64-*-* } } } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target vmx_hw { target { powerpc-*-* powerpc64--*-* } } } */
 
 #define vector __attribute__((vector_size(16) ))
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/torture/vector-2.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/torture/vector-2.c
index bff9f82cdad..6cc56cfae78 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/torture/vector-2.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/torture/vector-2.c
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 /* { dg-do run } */
 /* { dg-options "-msse" { target { i?86-*-* x86_64-*-* } } } */
 /* { dg-require-effective-target sse_runtime { target { i?86-*-* x86_64-*-* } } } */
+/* { dg-options "-mabi=altivec" { target { powerpc-*-* powerpc64-*-* } } } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target vmx_hw { target { powerpc-*-* powerpc64--*-* } } } */
 
 #define vector __attribute__((vector_size(16) ))