diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu_init.c b/target/ppc/cpu_init.c
index cc93bff3fa..f15a52259c 100644
--- a/target/ppc/cpu_init.c
+++ b/target/ppc/cpu_init.c
@@ -6957,6 +6957,7 @@ POWERPC_FAMILY(POWER5P)(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
                        PPC_MEM_SYNC | PPC_MEM_EIEIO |
                        PPC_MEM_TLBIE | PPC_MEM_TLBSYNC |
                        PPC_64B |
+                       PPC_POPCNTB |
                        PPC_SEGMENT_64B | PPC_SLBI;
     pcc->insns_flags2 = PPC2_FP_CVT_S64;
     pcc->msr_mask = (1ull << MSR_SF) |