diff --git a/lib/systems/platforms.nix b/lib/systems/platforms.nix
index c0b893fdf361..d34eed4c38b9 100644
--- a/lib/systems/platforms.nix
+++ b/lib/systems/platforms.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ rec {
     linux-kernel.autoModules = false;
   };
 
+  ##
+  ## POWER
+  ##
+
   powernv = {
     linux-kernel = {
       name = "PowerNV";
@@ -29,16 +33,16 @@ rec {
       baseConfig = "powernv_defconfig";
       target = "vmlinux";
       autoModules = true;
-      # avoid driver/FS trouble arising from unusual page size
-      extraConfig = ''
-        PPC_64K_PAGES n
-        PPC_4K_PAGES y
-        IPV6 y
+    };
+  };
 
-        ATA_BMDMA y
-        ATA_SFF y
-        VIRTIO_MENU y
-      '';
+  ppc64 = {
+    linux-kernel = {
+      name = "powerpc64";
+
+      baseConfig = "ppc64_defconfig";
+      target = "vmlinux";
+      autoModules = true;
     };
   };
 
@@ -625,8 +629,8 @@ rec {
     else if platform.parsed.cpu == lib.systems.parse.cpuTypes.mipsel then
       (import ./examples.nix { inherit lib; }).mipsel-linux-gnu
 
-    else if platform.parsed.cpu == lib.systems.parse.cpuTypes.powerpc64le then
-      powernv
+    else if platform.isPower64 then
+      if platform.isLittleEndian then powernv else ppc64
 
     else if platform.isLoongArch64 then
       loongarch64-multiplatform
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/build.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/build.nix
index b52959f681a2..90aa0c0b00c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/build.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/build.nix
@@ -504,6 +504,12 @@ lib.makeOverridable (
         export HOME=${installkernel}
       '';
 
+    preFixup = ''
+      if [ -z "''${dontStrip-}" -a -e $out/vmlinux ]; then
+        strip -v -S -p $out/vmlinux
+      fi
+    '';
+
     requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
 
     passthru = rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
index 5962bb521893..361defaffb4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
@@ -988,6 +988,9 @@ let
       XEN_PVHVM = option yes;
       XEN_SAVE_RESTORE = option yes;
 
+      # Disabled by default on POWER
+      VIRTIO_MENU = yes;
+
       # Enable device detection on virtio-mmio hypervisors
       VIRTIO_MMIO_CMDLINE_DEVICES = yes;
 
@@ -1435,6 +1438,10 @@ let
         # Enable coreboot firmware drivers.
         # While these are called CONFIG_GOOGLE_*, they apply to coreboot systems in general.
         GOOGLE_FIRMWARE = yes;
+
+        # Disabled by default on POWER
+        ATA_BMDMA = yes;
+        ATA_SFF = yes;
       }
       //
         lib.optionalAttrs
@@ -1550,6 +1557,20 @@ let
 
         # Enable Intel Turbo Boost Max 3.0
         INTEL_TURBO_MAX_3 = yes;
+      }
+      // lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.hostPlatform.isPower64) {
+        # avoid driver/FS trouble arising from unusual page size
+        PPC_64K_PAGES = no;
+        PPC_4K_PAGES = yes;
+
+        # Does not get auto-loaded on relevant systems, makes fans stuck at max speed.
+        # https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=713943 (2014 :<)
+        # > This module ought to be auto-loaded where it's needed, but somehow that
+        # > has broken.  I asked Benjamin Herrenschmidt (upstream powerpc maintainer
+        # > and the last person to touch it) and he was aware of this but hadn't got
+        # > round to working out why.  The workaround is to build it in[…].
+        # > (It won't do any harm on non-Mac systems.)
+        I2C_POWERMAC = yes;
       };
 
     accel = {