diff --git a/src/arch/ppc/include/arch/cpu.h b/src/arch/ppc/include/arch/cpu.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48293b2425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/arch/ppc/include/arch/cpu.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/*
+ * this should probably integrate code from src/arch/ppc/lib/cpuid.c
+ */ 
diff --git a/src/include/cpu/cpu.h b/src/include/cpu/cpu.h
index e945d0ef9e..e211d990e0 100644
--- a/src/include/cpu/cpu.h
+++ b/src/include/cpu/cpu.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define CPU_CPU_H
 
 struct device;
-// #include <arch/cpu.h>
+#include <arch/cpu.h>
 
 void cpu_initialize(void);
 void initialize_cpus(struct bus *cpu_bus);