diff --git a/include/SDL_cpuinfo.h b/include/SDL_cpuinfo.h
index ea29df9da..f63140688 100644
--- a/include/SDL_cpuinfo.h
+++ b/include/SDL_cpuinfo.h
@@ -39,10 +39,12 @@ extern "C" {
 /* *INDENT-ON* */
 #endif
 
-/* This is a guess for the cacheline size used for padding, and is correct
- * for most x86 processors at this point.
+/* This is a guess for the cacheline size used for padding.
+ * Most x86 processors have a 64 byte cache line.
+ * The 64-bit PowerPC processors have a 128 byte cache line.
+ * We'll use the larger value to be generally safe.
  */
-#define SDL_CACHELINE_SIZE  64
+#define SDL_CACHELINE_SIZE  128
 
 /**
  *  This function returns the number of CPU cores available.
diff --git a/test/testatomic.c b/test/testatomic.c
index 0c9b13a27..89bf09fc0 100644
--- a/test/testatomic.c
+++ b/test/testatomic.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "SDL.h"
 #include "SDL_atomic.h"
 #include "SDL_assert.h"
+#include "SDL_cpuinfo.h"
 
 /*
   Absolutely basic tests just to see if we get the expected value