diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/flags.mk b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/flags.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b909bee3cb2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/flags.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#This checks for any ENV variables and add those.
+
+ifeq ($(GIT_VERSION),)
+GIT_VERSION := $(shell git describe --always --long --dirty || echo "unknown")
+export GIT_VERSION
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(CFLAGS),)
+CFLAGS := -std=gnu99 -O2 -Wall -Werror -DGIT_VERSION='"$(GIT_VERSION)"' -I$(selfdir)/powerpc/include $(CFLAGS)
+export CFLAGS
+endif
+
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/Makefile
index a284fa874a9f..1fcacae1b188 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ EXTRA_SOURCES := ../harness.c event.c lib.c ../utils.c
 
 top_srcdir = ../../../../..
 include ../../lib.mk
+include ../flags.mk
 
 all: $(TEST_GEN_PROGS) ebb sampling_tests event_code_tests
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/ebb/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/ebb/Makefile
index b3946ce17e0c..1b39af7c10db 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/ebb/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/ebb/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS := reg_access_test event_attributes_test cycles_test	\
 
 top_srcdir = ../../../../../..
 include ../../../lib.mk
+include ../../flags.mk
 
 # The EBB handler is 64-bit code and everything links against it
 CFLAGS += -m64
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/event_code_tests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/event_code_tests/Makefile
index 509d4b235b9e..fdb080b3fa65 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/event_code_tests/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/event_code_tests/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS := group_constraint_pmc56_test group_pmc56_exclude_constraints_te
 
 top_srcdir = ../../../../../..
 include ../../../lib.mk
+include ../../flags.mk
 
 CFLAGS += -m64
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/sampling_tests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/sampling_tests/Makefile
index d45892151e05..9f79bec5fce7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/sampling_tests/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/sampling_tests/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS := mmcr0_exceptionbits_test mmcr0_cc56run_test mmcr0_pmccext_test
 
 top_srcdir = ../../../../../..
 include ../../../lib.mk
+include ../../flags.mk
 
 CFLAGS += -m64