diff --git a/clang/lib/Basic/Targets/PPC.h b/clang/lib/Basic/Targets/PPC.h
--- a/clang/lib/Basic/Targets/PPC.h
+++ b/clang/lib/Basic/Targets/PPC.h
@@ -379,13 +379,11 @@
 
     if ((Triple.getArch() == llvm::Triple::ppc64le)) {
       resetDataLayout("e-m:e-i64:64-n32:64");
-      ABI = "elfv2";
     } else {
       resetDataLayout("E-m:e-i64:64-n32:64");
-      ABI = "elfv1";
     }
 
-    switch (getTriple().getOS()) {
+    switch (Triple.getOS()) {
     case llvm::Triple::FreeBSD:
       LongDoubleWidth = LongDoubleAlign = 64;
       LongDoubleFormat = &llvm::APFloat::IEEEdouble();
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/ADT/Triple.h b/llvm/include/llvm/ADT/Triple.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/ADT/Triple.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/ADT/Triple.h
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@
     Musl,
     MuslEABI,
     MuslEABIHF,
+    ELFv1,
+    ELFv2,
 
     MSVC,
     Itanium,
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Support/Triple.cpp b/llvm/lib/Support/Triple.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Support/Triple.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Support/Triple.cpp
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@
   case Musl: return "musl";
   case MuslEABI: return "musleabi";
   case MuslEABIHF: return "musleabihf";
+  case ELFv1: return "elfv1";
+  case ELFv2: return "elfv2";
   case MSVC: return "msvc";
   case Itanium: return "itanium";
   case Cygnus: return "cygnus";
@@ -532,6 +534,8 @@
     .StartsWith("musleabihf", Triple::MuslEABIHF)
     .StartsWith("musleabi", Triple::MuslEABI)
     .StartsWith("musl", Triple::Musl)
+    .StartsWith("elfv1", Triple::ELFv1)
+    .StartsWith("elfv2", Triple::ELFv2)
     .StartsWith("msvc", Triple::MSVC)
     .StartsWith("itanium", Triple::Itanium)
     .StartsWith("cygnus", Triple::Cygnus)
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetMachine.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetMachine.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetMachine.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetMachine.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,11 @@
   case Triple::ppc64le:
     return PPCTargetMachine::PPC_ABI_ELFv2;
   case Triple::ppc64:
-    return PPCTargetMachine::PPC_ABI_ELFv1;
+    // if ELFv2 on target triple i.e. powerpc64-unknown-freebsd12.0-elfv2
+    if (TT.getEnvironment() == llvm::Triple::ELFv2)
+      return PPCTargetMachine::PPC_ABI_ELFv2;
+    else
+      return PPCTargetMachine::PPC_ABI_ELFv1;
   default:
     return PPCTargetMachine::PPC_ABI_UNKNOWN;
   }
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/ppc64-elf-abi.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/ppc64-elf-abi.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/ppc64-elf-abi.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/ppc64-elf-abi.ll
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
 ; RUN: llc -verify-machineinstrs -mtriple=powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu -target-abi elfv1 < %s | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-ELFv1
 ; RUN: llc -verify-machineinstrs -mtriple=powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu -target-abi elfv2 < %s | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-ELFv2
 
+; RUN: llc -verify-machineinstrs -mtriple=powerpc64-unknown-freebsd < %s | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-ELFv1
+; RUN: llc -verify-machineinstrs -mtriple=powerpc64-unknown-freebsd -target-abi elfv1 < %s | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-ELFv1
+; RUN: llc -verify-machineinstrs -mtriple=powerpc64-unknown-freebsd -target-abi elfv2 < %s | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-ELFv2
+; RUN: llc -verify-machineinstrs -mtriple=powerpc64-unknown-freebsd-elfv1  < %s | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-ELFv1
+; RUN: llc -verify-machineinstrs -mtriple=powerpc64-unknown-freebsd-elfv2  < %s | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-ELFv2
+
+
+
 ; CHECK-ELFv2: .abiversion 2
 ; CHECK-ELFv1-NOT: .abiversion 2