diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index f1e8646499..ad7419bb18 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -155,3 +155,4 @@ trace-events-y += audio/trace-events
 trace-events-y += net/trace-events
 trace-events-y += target-sparc/trace-events
 trace-events-y += target-s390x/trace-events
+trace-events-y += target-ppc/trace-events
diff --git a/target-ppc/trace-events b/target-ppc/trace-events
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d37da2b665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target-ppc/trace-events
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# See docs/trace-events.txt for syntax documentation.
+
+# target-ppc/kvm.c
+kvm_failed_spr_set(int str, const char *msg) "Warning: Unable to set SPR %d to KVM: %s"
+kvm_failed_spr_get(int str, const char *msg) "Warning: Unable to retrieve SPR %d from KVM: %s"
diff --git a/trace-events b/trace-events
index e1f8502d0d..932fd40463 100644
--- a/trace-events
+++ b/trace-events
@@ -119,10 +119,6 @@ kvm_device_ioctl(int fd, int type, void *arg) "dev fd %d, type 0x%x, arg %p"
 kvm_failed_reg_get(uint64_t id, const char *msg) "Warning: Unable to retrieve ONEREG %" PRIu64 " from KVM: %s"
 kvm_failed_reg_set(uint64_t id, const char *msg) "Warning: Unable to set ONEREG %" PRIu64 " to KVM: %s"
 
-# target-ppc/kvm.c
-kvm_failed_spr_set(int str, const char *msg) "Warning: Unable to set SPR %d to KVM: %s"
-kvm_failed_spr_get(int str, const char *msg) "Warning: Unable to retrieve SPR %d from KVM: %s"
-
 # TCG related tracing (mostly disabled by default)
 # cpu-exec.c
 disable exec_tb(void *tb, uintptr_t pc) "tb:%p pc=0x%"PRIxPTR