diff --git a/src/catch2/internal/catch_debugger.hpp b/src/catch2/internal/catch_debugger.hpp
index 30063d1f..25c5a260 100644
--- a/src/catch2/internal/catch_debugger.hpp
+++ b/src/catch2/internal/catch_debugger.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ namespace Catch {
     #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
         #define CATCH_TRAP() __asm__("int $3\n" : : ) /* NOLINT */
     #elif defined(__aarch64__)
-        #define CATCH_TRAP()  __asm__(".inst 0xd43e0000")
+        #define CATCH_TRAP() __asm__(".inst 0xd43e0000")
+    #elif defined(__POWERPC__)
+        #define CATCH_TRAP() __asm__("li r0, 20\nsc\nnop\nli r0, 37\nli r4, 2\nsc\nnop\n" \
+        : : : "memory","r0","r3","r4" ) /* NOLINT */
     #endif
 
 #elif defined(CATCH_PLATFORM_IPHONE)