diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 429767dc6e..1ed1e58e5f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-08-04  Will Schmidt  <will_schmidt@vnet.ibm.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/strncmp.S: Adjust the alignment
+	and add nop instructions for throughput optimization.
+	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strncmp.S: Likewise.
+
 2011-07-28  Will Schmidt  <will_schmidt@vnet.ibm.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/memcpy.S: Optimize the
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/strncmp.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/strncmp.S
index 6a1422a7c8..bcd13b6fa6 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/strncmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power7/strncmp.S
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		     const char *s2 [r4],
 		     size_t size [r5])  */
 
-EALIGN (BP_SYM(strncmp),4,0)
+EALIGN (BP_SYM(strncmp),5,0)
 
 #define rTMP	r0
 #define rRTN	r3
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM(strncmp),4,0)
 #define rBITDIF	r11	/* bits that differ in s1 & s2 words */
 
 	dcbt	0,rSTR1
+	nop
 	or	rTMP,rSTR2,rSTR1
 	lis	r7F7F,0x7f7f
 	dcbt	0,rSTR2
+	nop
 	clrlwi.	rTMP,rTMP,30
 	cmplwi	cr1,rN,0
 	lis	rFEFE,-0x101
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strncmp.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strncmp.S
index 498b19c71c..4c02b115ac 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strncmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strncmp.S
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		     const char *s2 [r4],
 		     size_t size [r5])  */
 
-EALIGN (BP_SYM(strncmp),4,0)
+EALIGN (BP_SYM(strncmp),5,0)
 	CALL_MCOUNT 3
 
 #define rTMP	r0
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ EALIGN (BP_SYM(strncmp),4,0)
 #define rBITDIF	r11	/* bits that differ in s1 & s2 words */
 
 	dcbt	0,rSTR1
+	nop
 	or	rTMP,rSTR2,rSTR1
 	lis	r7F7F,0x7f7f
 	dcbt	0,rSTR2
+	nop
 	clrldi.	rTMP,rTMP,61
 	cmpldi	cr1,rN,0
 	lis	rFEFE,-0x101