diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/Config.in b/toolchain/binutils/Config.in
index 3cb4a827f5..89e351b6c9 100644
--- a/toolchain/binutils/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/Config.in
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ config BINUTILS_VERSION
 	default "2.18"            if BINUTILS_VERSION_2_18
 	default "2.19"            if BINUTILS_VERSION_2_19
 	default "2.18"            if TARGET_avr32
+	default "2.18"            if TARGET_ppc44x || TARGET_ppc40x
 	default "2.17"