diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
index 0f62982..05b22bb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 obj-y	+= interrupts.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_KGDB) += kgdb.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_IDE) += ide.o
+obj-y	+= stack.o
 obj-y	+= time.o
 
 # Don't include the MPC5xxx special memcpy into the
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/stack.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/stack.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1985f03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/stack.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Andreas Bießmann <andreas.devel@googlemail.com>
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ * (C) Copyright 2002-2006
+ * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2002
+ * Sysgo Real-Time Solutions, GmbH <www.elinos.com>
+ * Marius Groeger <mgroeger@sysgo.de>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+#include <common.h>
+
+DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
+
+int arch_reserve_stacks(void)
+{
+	ulong *s;
+
+	/* setup stack pointer for exceptions */
+	gd->irq_sp = gd->start_addr_sp;
+
+	/* Clear initial stack frame */
+	s = (ulong *)gd->start_addr_sp;
+	*s = 0; /* Terminate back chain */
+	*++s = 0; /* NULL return address */
+
+	return 0;
+}