diff --git a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.cc b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.cc
index 117999613d835333b898f722e62e83530aea8b43..e713a1e1d570aee467348e59a0647521c15e1b6c 100644
--- a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.cc
+++ b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.cc
@@ -1776,6 +1776,9 @@ static const scoped_attribute_specs *const rs6000_attribute_table[] =
 #undef TARGET_CONST_ANCHOR
 #define TARGET_CONST_ANCHOR 0x8000
 
+#undef TARGET_OVERLAP_OP_BY_PIECES_P
+#define TARGET_OVERLAP_OP_BY_PIECES_P hook_bool_void_true
+
 
 
 /* Processor table.  */
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/block-cmp-9.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/block-cmp-9.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f16429c2ffb0b3e84b60cc7efb536a0e172004d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/block-cmp-9.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2" } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\ml[hb]z\M} } } */
+
+/* Test if by-piece overlap compare is enabled and following case is
+   implemented by two overlap word loads and compares.  */
+
+int foo (const char* s1, const char* s2)
+{
+  return __builtin_memcmp (s1, s2, 7) == 0;
+}