diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/math/Jamfile b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/math/Jamfile
index ff5a21e8aa..627d78e62b 100644
--- a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/math/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/math/Jamfile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ KernelMergeObject posix_math.o :
 	exp.c
 	exp__E.c
 	expm1.c
+	floatmath.c
 	floor.c
 	floorf.c
 	fmod.c
diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/math/floatmath.c b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/math/floatmath.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2be66787ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/math/floatmath.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+This is a temporary file that adds the float versions of the math functions
+to our libroot.so. They are required for binary compatibility.
+These are generated from the inline versions on PPC in <math.h>.
+
+TODO: Remove this file when we have all the functions replaced
+*/
+
+#include <math.h>
+
+float acosf(float x) {return (float)acos((double)x);};
+float asinf(float x) {return (float)asin((double)x);};
+float atanf(float x) {return (float)atan((double)x);};
+float atan2f(float y, float x) {return (float)atan2((double)y, (double)x);};
+float cosf(float x) {return (float)cos((double)x);};
+float sinf(float x) {return (float)sin((double)x);};
+float tanf(float x) {return (float)tan((double)x);};
+float coshf(float x) {return (float)cosh((double)x);};
+float sinhf(float x) {return (float)sinh((double)x);};
+float tanhf(float x) {return (float)tanh((double)x);};
+float acoshf(float x) {return (float)acosh((double)x);};
+float asinhf(float x) {return (float)asinh((double)x);};
+float atanhf(float x) {return (float)atanh((double)x);};
+float expf(float x) {return (float)exp((double)x);};
+float frexpf(float x, int *exp) {return (float)frexp((double)x, exp);};
+float ldexpf(float x, int exp) {return (float)ldexp((double)x, exp);};
+float logf(float x) {return (float)log((double)x);};
+float log10f(float x) {return (float)log10((double)x);};
+float expm1f(float x) {return (float)expm1((double)x);};
+float log1pf(float x) {return (float)log1p((double)x);};
+float logbf(float x) {return (float)logb((double)x);};
+float powf(float x, float y) {return (float)pow((double)x, (double)y);};
+float sqrtf(float x) {return (float)sqrt((double)x);};
+float hypotf(float x, float y) {return (float)hypot((double)x, (double)y);};
+float fabsf(float x) {return (float)fabs((double)x);};
+float fmodf(float x, float y) {return (float)fmod((double)x, (double)y);};
+float copysignf(float x, float y) {return (float)copysign((double)x, (double)y);};
+float erff(float x) {return (float)erf((double)x);};
+float erfcf(float x) {return (float)erfc((double)x);};
+float gammaf(float x) {return (float)gamma((double)x);};
+float lgammaf(float x) {return (float)lgamma((double)x);};
+float rintf(float x) {return (float)rint((double)x);};
+float scalbf(float x, float n) {return (float)scalb((double)x, (double)n);};