diff --git a/src/arch/power/linux/linux.hh b/src/arch/power/linux/linux.hh
index cdb1cda200..646d64271a 100644
--- a/src/arch/power/linux/linux.hh
+++ b/src/arch/power/linux/linux.hh
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 
 #include <map>
 
+#include "arch/power/isa.hh"
+#include "arch/power/regs/int.hh"
+#include "cpu/thread_context.hh"
 #include "kern/linux/linux.hh"
 
 namespace gem5
@@ -214,6 +217,21 @@ class PowerLinux : public Linux
             return false;
         }
     }
+
+    static void
+    archClone(uint64_t flags,
+              Process *pp, Process *cp,
+              ThreadContext *ptc, ThreadContext *ctc,
+              uint64_t stack, uint64_t tls)
+    {
+        ctc->getIsaPtr()->copyRegsFrom(ptc);
+
+        if (flags & TGT_CLONE_SETTLS)
+            ctc->setIntReg(PowerISA::ThreadPointerReg, tls);
+
+        if (stack)
+            ctc->setIntReg(PowerISA::StackPointerReg, stack);
+    }
 };
 
 } // namespace gem5
diff --git a/src/arch/power/linux/se_workload.cc b/src/arch/power/linux/se_workload.cc
index 9d5f9de3b8..b49cb0b11b 100644
--- a/src/arch/power/linux/se_workload.cc
+++ b/src/arch/power/linux/se_workload.cc
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ SyscallDescTable<PowerISA::SEWorkload::SyscallABI> EmuLinux::syscallDescs = {
     { 117, "ipc" },
     { 118, "fsync" },
     { 119, "sigreturn" },
-    { 120, "clone" },
+    { 120, "clone", cloneBackwardsFunc<PowerLinux> },
     { 121, "setdomainname" },
     { 122, "uname", unameFunc },
     { 123, "modify_ldt" },
diff --git a/src/arch/power/regs/int.hh b/src/arch/power/regs/int.hh
index 891eaa16c6..95fbb8adf8 100644
--- a/src/arch/power/regs/int.hh
+++ b/src/arch/power/regs/int.hh
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const int ArgumentReg4 = 7;
 const int ArgumentReg5 = 8;
 const int StackPointerReg = 1;
 const int TOCPointerReg = 2;
+const int ThreadPointerReg = 13;
 
 enum MiscIntRegNums
 {