diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a1fab20..b930d0a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ generate()
 	    -e "s#@POINTER_PACK_ENABLE@#$POINTER_PACK_ENABLE#g"	\
 	    -e "s#@DISABLE_DOUBLE@#$DISABLE_DOUBLE#g"		\
 	    -e "s#@SSE_DISABLE@#$SSE_DISABLE#g"			\
+	    -e "s#@PPC32_LWSYNC_ENABLE@#$PPC32_LWSYNC_ENABLE#g"	\
 	    -e "s#@RTM_ENABLE@#$RTM_ENABLE#g"			\
 	    -e "s#@LSE_ENABLE@#$LSE_ENABLE#g"			\
 	    -e "s#@VMA_BITS@#$VMA_BITS_R#g"			\
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ generate_stdout()
 	echo "              GZIP = $GZIP"
 	echo "             CORES = $CORES"
 	echo "      POINTER_PACK = $POINTER_PACK_ENABLE"
+	echo "      PPC32_LWSYNC = $PPC32_LWSYNC_ENABLE"
 	echo "          VMA_BITS = $VMA_BITS"
 	echo "      MEMORY_MODEL = $MM"
 	echo "               RTM = $RTM_ENABLE"
@@ -197,14 +199,17 @@ for option; do
 		echo
 		echo "The following options will affect generated code."
 		echo "  --enable-pointer-packing Assumes address encoding is subset of pointer range"
-		echo "  --enable-rtm             Enable restricted transactional memory (power, x86_64)"
-		echo "  --enable-lse             Enable large system extensions (arm64)"
 		echo "  --memory-model=N         Specify memory model (currently tso, pso or rmo)"
 		echo "  --vma-bits=N             Specify valid number of VMA bits"
 		echo "  --platform=N             Force the platform type, instead of relying on autodetection"
 		echo "  --use-cc-builtins        Use the compiler atomic bultin functions, instead of the CK implementation"
 		echo "  --disable-double         Don't generate any of the functions using the \"double\" type"
-		echo "  --disable-sse            Do not use any SSE instructions (x86 only)"
+		echo
+		echo "The following options will affect specific platform-dependent generated code."
+		echo "  --disable-sse            Do not use any SSE instructions (x86)"
+		echo "  --enable-lse             Enable large system extensions (arm64)"
+		echo "  --enable-ppc32-lwsync    Enable lwsync instruction usage (32-bit Power ISA)"
+		echo "  --enable-rtm             Enable restricted transactional memory (Power ISA, x86_64)"
 		echo
 		echo "The following options affect regression testing."
 		echo "  --cores=N                Specify number of cores available on target machine"
@@ -241,6 +246,9 @@ for option; do
 	--enable-pointer-packing)
 		POINTER_PACK_ENABLE="CK_MD_POINTER_PACK_ENABLE"
 		;;
+	--enable-ppc32-lwsync)
+		PPC32_LWSYNC_ENABLE="CK_MD_PPC32_LWSYNC"
+		;;
 	--enable-rtm)
 		RTM_ENABLE_SET="CK_MD_RTM_ENABLE"
 		;;
@@ -320,6 +328,7 @@ MANDIR=${MANDIR:-"${PREFIX}/share/man"}
 GZIP=${GZIP:-"gzip -c"}
 POINTER_PACK_ENABLE=${POINTER_PACK_ENABLE:-"CK_MD_POINTER_PACK_DISABLE"}
 DISABLE_DOUBLE=${DISABLE_DOUBLE:-"CK_PR_ENABLE_DOUBLE"}
+PPC32_LWSYNC_ENABLE=${PPC32_LWSYNC_ENABLE:-"CK_MD_PPC32_LWSYNC_DISABLE"}
 RTM_ENABLE=${RTM_ENABLE_SET:-"CK_MD_RTM_DISABLE"}
 SSE_DISABLE=${SSE_DISABLE:-"CK_MD_SSE_ENABLE"}
 LSE_ENABLE=${LSE_ENABLE_SET:-"CK_MD_LSE_DISABLE"}
diff --git a/include/ck_md.h.in b/include/ck_md.h.in
index 773acf5..feae35b 100644
--- a/include/ck_md.h.in
+++ b/include/ck_md.h.in
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
 #define @SSE_DISABLE@
 #endif /* @SSE_DISABLE@ */
 
+#ifndef @PPC32_LWSYNC_ENABLE@
+#define @PPC32_LWSYNC_ENABLE@
+#endif /* @PPC32_LWSYNC_ENABLE@ */
+
 #ifndef @VMA_BITS@
 #define @VMA_BITS@ @VMA_BITS_VALUE@
 #endif /* @VMA_BITS@ */
diff --git a/include/gcc/ppc/ck_pr.h b/include/gcc/ppc/ck_pr.h
index cd7935d..73f0cb7 100644
--- a/include/gcc/ppc/ck_pr.h
+++ b/include/gcc/ppc/ck_pr.h
@@ -67,21 +67,29 @@ ck_pr_stall(void)
 		__asm__ __volatile__(I ::: "memory");   \
 	}
 
-CK_PR_FENCE(atomic, "lwsync")
-CK_PR_FENCE(atomic_store, "lwsync")
+#ifdef CK_MD_PPC32_LWSYNC
+#define CK_PR_LWSYNCOP "lwsync"
+#else /* CK_MD_PPC32_LWSYNC_DISABLE */
+#define CK_PR_LWSYNCOP "sync"
+#endif
+
+CK_PR_FENCE(atomic, CK_PR_LWSYNCOP)
+CK_PR_FENCE(atomic_store, CK_PR_LWSYNCOP)
 CK_PR_FENCE(atomic_load, "sync")
-CK_PR_FENCE(store_atomic, "lwsync")
-CK_PR_FENCE(load_atomic, "lwsync")
-CK_PR_FENCE(store, "lwsync")
+CK_PR_FENCE(store_atomic, CK_PR_LWSYNCOP)
+CK_PR_FENCE(load_atomic, CK_PR_LWSYNCOP)
+CK_PR_FENCE(store, CK_PR_LWSYNCOP)
 CK_PR_FENCE(store_load, "sync")
-CK_PR_FENCE(load, "lwsync")
-CK_PR_FENCE(load_store, "lwsync")
+CK_PR_FENCE(load, CK_PR_LWSYNCOP)
+CK_PR_FENCE(load_store, CK_PR_LWSYNCOP)
 CK_PR_FENCE(memory, "sync")
-CK_PR_FENCE(acquire, "lwsync")
-CK_PR_FENCE(release, "lwsync")
-CK_PR_FENCE(acqrel, "lwsync")
-CK_PR_FENCE(lock, "lwsync")
-CK_PR_FENCE(unlock, "lwsync")
+CK_PR_FENCE(acquire, CK_PR_LWSYNCOP)
+CK_PR_FENCE(release, CK_PR_LWSYNCOP)
+CK_PR_FENCE(acqrel, CK_PR_LWSYNCOP)
+CK_PR_FENCE(lock, CK_PR_LWSYNCOP)
+CK_PR_FENCE(unlock, CK_PR_LWSYNCOP)
+
+#undef CK_PR_LWSYNCOP
 
 #undef CK_PR_FENCE