diff --git a/sys/arch/powerpc/include/Makefile.inc b/sys/arch/powerpc/include/Makefile.inc
index fafd079a6745..33d79eaae896 100644
--- a/sys/arch/powerpc/include/Makefile.inc
+++ b/sys/arch/powerpc/include/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.1 2002/12/19 19:36:26 thorpej Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.2 2011/10/26 15:57:26 chs Exp $
 
 .if !defined(_POWERPC_MAKEFILE_INC)
 _POWERPC_MAKEFILE_INC=	yes
 
+.if !defined(RUMPKERNEL)
 CFLAGS+= -msoft-float
+.endif
 
 .endif