diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/types.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/types.h
index 8947b9827bc4..d82e94e6c2b4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/types.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/types.h
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@
  * This is here because we used to use l64 for 64bit powerpc
  * and we don't want to impact user mode with our change to ll64
  * in the kernel.
+ *
+ * However, some user programs are fine with this.  They can
+ * flag __SANE_USERSPACE_TYPES__ to get int-ll64.h here.
  */
-#if defined(__powerpc64__) && !defined(__KERNEL__)
+#if !defined(__SANE_USERSPACE_TYPES__) && defined(__powerpc64__) && !defined(__KERNEL__)
 # include <asm-generic/int-l64.h>
 #else
 # include <asm-generic/int-ll64.h>