diff --git a/llvm/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-objdump.rst b/llvm/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-objdump.rst
--- a/llvm/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-objdump.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-objdump.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .. option:: -d, --disassemble
 
   Disassemble all executable sections found in the input files. On some
-  architectures (AArch64, PPC64, x86), all known instructions are disassembled by
+  architectures (AArch64, PowerPC, x86), all known instructions are disassembled by
   default. On the others, :option:`--mcpu` or :option:`--mattr` is needed to
   enable some instruction sets. Disabled instructions are displayed as
   ``<unknown>``.
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/ELFObjectFile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/ELFObjectFile.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/ELFObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/ELFObjectFile.cpp
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@
   switch (getEMachine()) {
   case ELF::EM_AMDGPU:
     return getAMDGPUCPUName();
+  case ELF::EM_PPC:
   case ELF::EM_PPC64:
     return StringRef("future");
   default:
diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objdump/ELF/PowerPC/mcpu.s b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objdump/ELF/PowerPC/mcpu.s
--- a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objdump/ELF/PowerPC/mcpu.s
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objdump/ELF/PowerPC/mcpu.s
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 # RUN: llvm-objdump -d --no-show-raw-insn --mcpu=future %t | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK,FUTURE
 # RUN: llvm-objdump -d --no-show-raw-insn --mcpu=pwr9 %t | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK,UNKNOWN
 
+# RUN: llvm-mc -triple=powerpc -filetype=obj %s -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -d --no-show-raw-insn %t | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK,FUTURE
+
 # CHECK-LABEL: <_start>:
 # FUTURE-NEXT:   pld 3, 0(0), 1
 # UNKNOWN-COUNT-2: <unknown>