diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 92b01db9ac873515482d16caf01a2412141c814a..64285702a357c4ad972e0caaea94ed924fc2ec15 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2010-12-08  Michael Meissner  <meissner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+	PR middle-end/42694
+	* builtins.c (expand_builtin_pow_root): Don't optimize pow(x,y)
+	where y is 0.25, 1./6., or 0.75 if the target does not have a sqrt
+	instruction, but do optimize if y is 0.5 or 1./3. since that
+	changes an expensive call into a cheaper one.
+
 2010-12-08  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
 
 	* tree-ssa-sccvn.c (copy_reference_ops_from_ref): Use a shift
diff --git a/gcc/builtins.c b/gcc/builtins.c
index 2816a7e1e618f54c5ea78ac887d1107d70b176dc..eb2aa3e6b34300d37cea3ee4862d3a5811819cfc 100644
--- a/gcc/builtins.c
+++ b/gcc/builtins.c
@@ -3068,7 +3068,8 @@ expand_builtin_pow_root (location_t loc, tree arg0, tree arg1, tree type,
 	  if (REAL_VALUES_EQUAL (c, dconsthalf))
 	    op = build_call_nofold_loc (loc, sqrtfn, 1, arg0);
 
-	  else
+	  /* Don't do this optimization if we don't have a sqrt insn.  */
+	  else if (optab_handler (sqrt_optab, mode) != CODE_FOR_nothing)
 	    {
 	      REAL_VALUE_TYPE dconst1_4 = dconst1;
 	      REAL_VALUE_TYPE dconst3_4;
@@ -3114,7 +3115,8 @@ expand_builtin_pow_root (location_t loc, tree arg0, tree arg1, tree type,
 	    op = build_call_nofold_loc (loc, cbrtfn, 1, arg0);
 
 	      /* Now try 1/6.  */
-	  else if (optimize_insn_for_speed_p ())
+	  else if (optimize_insn_for_speed_p ()
+		   && optab_handler (sqrt_optab, mode) != CODE_FOR_nothing)
 	    {
 	      REAL_VALUE_TYPE dconst1_6 = dconst1_3;
 	      SET_REAL_EXP (&dconst1_6, REAL_EXP (&dconst1_6) - 1);
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 8743d366b79219c13f7e29fe8a77050b8c3c4a48..7a7f3be27ccef0d5ffba0fe5b3e1fdaa76028f57 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-12-08  Michael Meissner  <meissner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+	PR middle-end/42694
+	* gcc.target/powerpc/ppc-pow.c: New file to make sure pow (x,
+	0.75) is not optimized if the machine has no sqrt instruction.
+
 2010-12-07  Andrey Belevantsev  <abel@ispras.ru>
 
 	PR target/43603
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/ppc-pow.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/ppc-pow.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1255d5c5966ffaef4f6930580de147bc6bc72d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/ppc-pow.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* { dg-do compile { target { { powerpc*-*-* } && { ! powerpc*-apple-darwin* } } } } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2 -ffast-math -mcpu=power6" } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times "fsqrt" 3 } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times "fmul" 1 } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times "bl pow" 1 } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times "bl sqrt" 1 } } */
+
+double
+do_pow_0_75_default (double a)
+{
+  return __builtin_pow (a, 0.75);	/* should generate 2 fsqrts */
+}
+
+double
+do_pow_0_5_default (double a)
+{
+  return __builtin_pow (a, 0.5);	/* should generate fsqrt */
+}
+
+#pragma GCC target "no-powerpc-gpopt,no-powerpc-gfxopt"
+
+double
+do_pow_0_75_nosqrt (double a)
+{
+  return __builtin_pow (a, 0.75);	/* should call pow */
+}
+
+double
+do_pow_0_5_nosqrt (double a)
+{
+  return __builtin_pow (a, 0.5);	/* should call sqrt */
+}
+
+#pragma GCC reset_options