diff --git a/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_libinit.c b/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_libinit.c
index 1126e1b596..95a18a8bb6 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_libinit.c
+++ b/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_libinit.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // +build darwin dragonfly freebsd linux netbsd
+// +build !ppc64,!ppc64le
 
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_libinit_linux_ppc64x.c b/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_libinit_linux_ppc64x.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82413a5a65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/cgo/gcc_libinit_linux_ppc64x.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// TODO: see issue #10410
+// +build linux
+// +build ppc64 ppc64le
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void
+x_cgo_sys_thread_create(void* (*func)(void*), void* arg) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "x_cgo_sys_thread_create not implemented");
+	abort();
+}
+
+void
+_cgo_wait_runtime_init_done() {
+	// TODO(spetrovic): implement this method.
+}
+
+void
+x_cgo_notify_runtime_init_done(void* dummy) {
+	// TODO(spetrovic): implement this method.
+}
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