diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index fc502e042438..07a480861f78 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -248,10 +248,10 @@ boot := arch/$(ARCH)/boot
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE),y)
 quiet_cmd_relocs_check = CALL    $<
-      cmd_relocs_check = perl $< "$(OBJDUMP)" "$(obj)/vmlinux"
+      cmd_relocs_check = $(CONFIG_SHELL) $< "$(OBJDUMP)" "$(obj)/vmlinux"
 
 PHONY += relocs_check
-relocs_check: arch/powerpc/relocs_check.pl vmlinux
+relocs_check: arch/powerpc/relocs_check.sh vmlinux
 	$(call cmd,relocs_check)
 
 zImage: relocs_check
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/relocs_check.pl b/arch/powerpc/relocs_check.pl
deleted file mode 100755
index 3f46e8b9c56d..000000000000
--- a/arch/powerpc/relocs_check.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-
-# Copyright © 2009 IBM Corporation
-
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
-# 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-# This script checks the relocations of a vmlinux for "suspicious"
-# relocations.
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-if ($#ARGV != 1) {
-	die "$0 [path to objdump] [path to vmlinux]\n";
-}
-
-# Have Kbuild supply the path to objdump so we handle cross compilation.
-my $objdump = shift;
-my $vmlinux = shift;
-my $bad_relocs_count = 0;
-my $bad_relocs = "";
-my $old_binutils = 0;
-
-open(FD, "$objdump -R $vmlinux|") or die;
-while (<FD>) {
-	study $_;
-
-	# Only look at relocation lines.
-	next if (!/\s+R_/);
-
-	# These relocations are okay
-	# On PPC64:
-	# 	R_PPC64_RELATIVE, R_PPC64_NONE, R_PPC64_ADDR64
-	# On PPC:
-	# 	R_PPC_RELATIVE, R_PPC_ADDR16_HI, 
-	# 	R_PPC_ADDR16_HA,R_PPC_ADDR16_LO,
-	# 	R_PPC_NONE
-
-	next if (/\bR_PPC64_RELATIVE\b/ or /\bR_PPC64_NONE\b/ or
-	         /\bR_PPC64_ADDR64\s+mach_/);
-	next if (/\bR_PPC_ADDR16_LO\b/ or /\bR_PPC_ADDR16_HI\b/ or
-		 /\bR_PPC_ADDR16_HA\b/ or /\bR_PPC_RELATIVE\b/ or
-		 /\bR_PPC_NONE\b/);
-
-	# If we see this type of relocation it's an idication that
-	# we /may/ be using an old version of binutils.
-	if (/R_PPC64_UADDR64/) {
-		$old_binutils++;
-	}
-
-	$bad_relocs_count++;
-	$bad_relocs .= $_;
-}
-
-if ($bad_relocs_count) {
-	print "WARNING: $bad_relocs_count bad relocations\n";
-	print $bad_relocs;
-}
-
-if ($old_binutils) {
-	print "WARNING: You need at least binutils >= 2.19 to build a ".
-	      "CONFIG_RELOCATABLE kernel\n";
-}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/relocs_check.sh b/arch/powerpc/relocs_check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..2e4ebd0e25b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/relocs_check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Copyright © 2015 IBM Corporation
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+# 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This script checks the relocations of a vmlinux for "suspicious"
+# relocations.
+
+# based on relocs_check.pl
+# Copyright © 2009 IBM Corporation
+
+if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
+	echo "$0 [path to objdump] [path to vmlinux]" 1>&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Have Kbuild supply the path to objdump so we handle cross compilation.
+objdump="$1"
+vmlinux="$2"
+
+bad_relocs=$(
+"$objdump" -R "$vmlinux" |
+	# Only look at relocation lines.
+	grep -E '\<R_' |
+	# These relocations are okay
+	# On PPC64:
+	#	R_PPC64_RELATIVE, R_PPC64_NONE
+	#	R_PPC64_ADDR64 mach_<name>
+	# On PPC:
+	#	R_PPC_RELATIVE, R_PPC_ADDR16_HI,
+	#	R_PPC_ADDR16_HA,R_PPC_ADDR16_LO,
+	#	R_PPC_NONE
+	grep -F -w -v 'R_PPC64_RELATIVE
+R_PPC64_NONE
+R_PPC_ADDR16_LO
+R_PPC_ADDR16_HI
+R_PPC_ADDR16_HA
+R_PPC_RELATIVE
+R_PPC_NONE' |
+	grep -E -v '\<R_PPC64_ADDR64[[:space:]]+mach_'
+)
+
+if [ -z "$bad_relocs" ]; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+num_bad=$(echo "$bad_relocs" | wc -l)
+echo "WARNING: $num_bad bad relocations"
+echo "$bad_relocs"
+
+# If we see this type of relocation it's an idication that
+# we /may/ be using an old version of binutils.
+if echo "$bad_relocs" | grep -q -F -w R_PPC64_UADDR64; then
+	echo "WARNING: You need at least binutils >= 2.19 to build a CONFIG_RELOCATABLE kernel"
+fi