diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/Driver.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/Driver.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/Driver.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/Driver.cpp
@@ -537,6 +537,11 @@
     }
   }
 
+  // If target is PPC32, adjust SubArchType according to -mspe.
+  if (Target.getArch() == llvm::Triple::ppc &&
+      (A = Args.getLastArg(options::OPT_mspe)))
+    Target.setArchName("powerpcspe");
+
   // If target is RISC-V adjust the target triple according to
   // provided architecture name
   A = Args.getLastArg(options::OPT_march_EQ);
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/ppc-features.cpp b/clang/test/Driver/ppc-features.cpp
--- a/clang/test/Driver/ppc-features.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/ppc-features.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,9 @@
 // RUN: %clang -target powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu %s -mno-invariant-function-descriptors -minvariant-function-descriptors -### -o %t.o 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK-INVFUNCDESC %s
 // CHECK-INVFUNCDESC: "-target-feature" "+invariant-function-descriptors"
 
-// RUN: %clang -target powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu %s -mno-spe -mspe -### -o %t.o 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK-SPE %s
+// RUN: %clang -target powerpc-unknown-freebsd %s -mno-spe -mspe -c -### 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK-SPE %s
+// RUN: %clang -target powerpcspe-unknown-freebsd %s -mno-spe -mspe -c -### 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK-SPE %s
+// CHECK-SPE: "-triple" "powerpcspe-unknown-freebsd"
 // CHECK-SPE: "-target-feature" "+spe"
 
 // Assembler features