diff --git a/test/lit.cfg b/test/lit.cfg
index 70f83fd0072..d34ca69a689 100644
--- a/test/lit.cfg
+++ b/test/lit.cfg
@@ -354,8 +354,10 @@ def have_ld_plugin_support():
     if len(fields) != 3:
         return False
     emulations = fields[2].split()
-    if 'elf32ppc' not in emulations or 'elf_x86_64' not in emulations:
+    if 'elf_x86_64' not in emulations:
         return False
+    if 'elf32ppc' in emulations:
+        config.available_features.add('ld_emu_elf32ppc')
 
     ld_version = subprocess.Popen([config.gold_executable, '--version'], stdout = subprocess.PIPE)
     if not 'GNU gold' in ld_version.stdout.read().decode():
diff --git a/test/tools/gold/mtriple.ll b/test/tools/gold/mtriple.ll
index 94211ed299d..87b226014ca 100644
--- a/test/tools/gold/mtriple.ll
+++ b/test/tools/gold/mtriple.ll
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+; REQUIRES: ld_emu_elf32ppc
+
 ; RUN: llvm-as %s -o %t.o
 ; RUN: %gold -plugin %llvmshlibdir/LLVMgold.so -m elf32ppc \
 ; RUN:    -plugin-opt=mtriple=powerpc-linux-gnu \