diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h
index 53e8d05f50b1a251484e8be719ab216350e1c6b5..e6b8f69b7657822975a773859e5b0af2fd5d8720 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 
 #define L1_CACHE_BYTES          (1 << L1_CACHE_SHIFT)
 
+/*
+ * Use the L1 data cache line size value for the minimum DMA buffer alignment
+ * on PowerPC.
+ */
+#define ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN	L1_CACHE_BYTES
+
 /*
  * For compatibility reasons support the CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE too
  */