diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Core/Architecture.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Core/Architecture.h
index b6fc1a20e1e69..f039d05fe00fa 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Core/Architecture.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Core/Architecture.h
@@ -129,6 +129,17 @@ class Architecture : public PluginInterface {
                                        RegisterContext &reg_context) const {
     return false;
   }
+
+  /// Get the vector element order for this architecture. This determines how
+  /// vector elements are indexed. This matters in a few places such as reading/
+  /// writing LLVM-IR values to/from target memory. Some architectures use
+  /// little-endian element ordering where element 0 is at the lowest address
+  /// even when the architecture is otherwise big-endian (e.g. MIPS MSA, ARM
+  /// NEON), but some architectures like PowerPC may use big-endian element
+  /// ordering where element 0 is at the highest address.
+  virtual lldb::ByteOrder GetVectorElementOrder() const {
+    return lldb::eByteOrderLittle;
+  }
 };
 
 } // namespace lldb_private
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/PPC64/ArchitecturePPC64.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/PPC64/ArchitecturePPC64.cpp
index b8fac55e41da7..a4690cc561a28 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/PPC64/ArchitecturePPC64.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/PPC64/ArchitecturePPC64.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ void ArchitecturePPC64::Terminate() {
 std::unique_ptr<Architecture> ArchitecturePPC64::Create(const ArchSpec &arch) {
   if (arch.GetTriple().isPPC64() &&
       arch.GetTriple().getObjectFormat() == llvm::Triple::ObjectFormatType::ELF)
-    return std::unique_ptr<Architecture>(new ArchitecturePPC64());
+    return std::unique_ptr<Architecture>(
+        new ArchitecturePPC64(arch.GetByteOrder()));
   return nullptr;
 }
 
@@ -60,3 +61,7 @@ void ArchitecturePPC64::AdjustBreakpointAddress(const Symbol &func,
 
   addr.SetOffset(addr.GetOffset() + loffs);
 }
+
+lldb::ByteOrder ArchitecturePPC64::GetVectorElementOrder() const {
+  return m_vector_element_order;
+}
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/PPC64/ArchitecturePPC64.h b/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/PPC64/ArchitecturePPC64.h
index 80f7f27b54cce..9a0edf371d539 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/PPC64/ArchitecturePPC64.h
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Architecture/PPC64/ArchitecturePPC64.h
@@ -30,9 +30,14 @@ class ArchitecturePPC64 : public Architecture {
   void AdjustBreakpointAddress(const Symbol &func,
                                Address &addr) const override;
 
+  lldb::ByteOrder GetVectorElementOrder() const override;
+
 private:
   static std::unique_ptr<Architecture> Create(const ArchSpec &arch);
-  ArchitecturePPC64() = default;
+  ArchitecturePPC64(lldb::ByteOrder vector_element_order)
+      : m_vector_element_order(vector_element_order) {}
+
+  lldb::ByteOrder m_vector_element_order;
 };
 
 } // namespace lldb_private