--- a/dom/base/moz.build
+++ b/dom/base/moz.build
@@ -463,16 +463,22 @@ SOURCES += [
 ]
 
 # Are we targeting x86-32 or x86-64?  If so, we want to include SSE2 code for
 # nsTextFragment.cpp
 if CONFIG['INTEL_ARCHITECTURE']:
     SOURCES += ['nsTextFragmentSSE2.cpp']
     SOURCES['nsTextFragmentSSE2.cpp'].flags += CONFIG['SSE2_FLAGS']
 
+# Are we targeting PowerPC? If so, we can enable a SIMD version for
+# nsTextFragment.cpp as well.
+if CONFIG['CPU_ARCH'].startswith('ppc'):
+    SOURCES += ['nsTextFragmentVMX.cpp']
+    SOURCES['nsTextFragmentVMX.cpp'].flags += CONFIG['PPC_VMX_FLAGS']
+
 EXTRA_JS_MODULES += [
     'ContentAreaDropListener.jsm',
     'DOMRequestHelper.jsm',
     'IndexedDBHelper.jsm',
     'ProcessSelector.jsm',
     'SlowScriptDebug.jsm',
 ]
 

--- a/dom/base/nsTextFragment.cpp
+++ b/dom/base/nsTextFragment.cpp
@@ -14,16 +14,17 @@
 #include "nsCRT.h"
 #include "nsReadableUtils.h"
 #include "nsMemory.h"
 #include "nsBidiUtils.h"
 #include "nsUnicharUtils.h"
 #include "mozilla/CheckedInt.h"
 #include "mozilla/MemoryReporting.h"
 #include "mozilla/SSE.h"
+#include "mozilla/ppc.h"
 #include "nsTextFragmentImpl.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #define TEXTFRAG_WHITE_AFTER_NEWLINE 50
 #define TEXTFRAG_MAX_NEWLINES 7
 
 // Static buffer used for common fragments
 static char* sSpaceSharedString[TEXTFRAG_MAX_NEWLINES + 1];
@@ -161,28 +162,40 @@ static inline int32_t FirstNon8BitUnvect
 #ifdef MOZILLA_MAY_SUPPORT_SSE2
 namespace mozilla {
 namespace SSE2 {
 int32_t FirstNon8Bit(const char16_t* str, const char16_t* end);
 }  // namespace SSE2
 }  // namespace mozilla
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __powerpc__
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace VMX {
+int32_t FirstNon8Bit(const char16_t* str, const char16_t* end);
+}  // namespace VMX
+}  // namespace mozilla
+#endif
+
 /*
  * This function returns -1 if all characters in str are 8 bit characters.
  * Otherwise, it returns a value less than or equal to the index of the first
  * non-8bit character in str. For example, if first non-8bit character is at
  * position 25, it may return 25, or for example 24, or 16. But it guarantees
  * there is no non-8bit character before returned value.
  */
 static inline int32_t FirstNon8Bit(const char16_t* str, const char16_t* end) {
 #ifdef MOZILLA_MAY_SUPPORT_SSE2
   if (mozilla::supports_sse2()) {
     return mozilla::SSE2::FirstNon8Bit(str, end);
   }
+#elif defined(__powerpc__)
+  if (mozilla::supports_vmx()) {
+    return mozilla::VMX::FirstNon8Bit(str, end);
+  }
 #endif
 
   return FirstNon8BitUnvectorized(str, end);
 }
 
 bool nsTextFragment::SetTo(const char16_t* aBuffer, int32_t aLength,
                            bool aUpdateBidi, bool aForce2b) {
   if (aForce2b && mState.mIs2b && !m2b->IsReadonly()) {

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dom/base/nsTextFragmentVMX.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+// This file should only be compiled if you're on Power ISA.
+
+#include "nscore.h"
+#include "nsAlgorithm.h"
+#include "nsTextFragmentImpl.h"
+#include <altivec.h>
+
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace VMX {
+
+int32_t FirstNon8Bit(const char16_t* str, const char16_t* end) {
+  const uint32_t numUnicharsPerVector = 8;
+  const uint32_t numCharsPerVector = 16;
+  // Paranoia. If this assertion is wrong, change the vector loop below.
+  MOZ_ASSERT((numCharsPerVector / numUnicharsPerVector) == sizeof(char16_t));
+
+  typedef Non8BitParameters<sizeof(size_t)> p;
+  const uint32_t alignMask = p::alignMask();
+  const size_t mask = p::mask();
+  const uint32_t numUnicharsPerWord = p::numUnicharsPerWord();
+
+  const uint32_t len = end - str;
+
+  // i shall count the index in unichars; i2 shall count the index in chars.
+  uint32_t i = 0;
+  uint32_t i2 = 0;
+
+  // Align ourselves to a 16-byte boundary, as required by VMX loads.
+  uint32_t alignLen = std::min(
+      len, uint32_t(((-NS_PTR_TO_UINT32(str)) & 0xf) / sizeof(char16_t)));
+
+  if ((len - alignLen) >= numUnicharsPerVector) {
+    for (; i < alignLen; i++) {
+      if (str[i] > 255) return i;
+    }
+
+    // Construct a vector of shorts.
+#if __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+    register const vector unsigned short gtcompare =
+        reinterpret_cast<vector unsigned short>(
+            vec_mergel(vec_splat_s8(-1), vec_splat_s8(0)));
+#else
+    register const vector unsigned short gtcompare =
+        reinterpret_cast<vector unsigned short>(
+            vec_mergel(vec_splat_s8(0), vec_splat_s8(-1)));
+#endif
+    const uint32_t vectWalkEnd =
+        ((len - i) / numUnicharsPerVector) * numUnicharsPerVector;
+    i2 = i * sizeof(char16_t);
+
+    while (1) {
+      register vector unsigned short vect;
+
+      // Check one VMX register (8 unichars) at a time. The vec_any_gt
+      // intrinsic does exactly what we want. This loop is manually unrolled;
+      // it yields notable performance improvements this way.
+#define CheckForASCII                                              \
+  vect = vec_ld(i2, reinterpret_cast<const unsigned short*>(str)); \
+  if (vec_any_gt(vect, gtcompare)) return i;                       \
+  i += numUnicharsPerVector;                                       \
+  if (!(i < vectWalkEnd)) break;                                   \
+  i2 += numCharsPerVector;
+
+      CheckForASCII CheckForASCII
+
+#undef CheckForASCII
+    }
+  } else {
+    // Align ourselves to a word boundary.
+    alignLen = std::min(len, uint32_t(((-NS_PTR_TO_UINT32(str)) & alignMask) /
+                                      sizeof(char16_t)));
+    for (; i < alignLen; i++) {
+      if (str[i] > 255) return i;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Check one word at a time.
+  const uint32_t wordWalkEnd =
+      ((len - i) / numUnicharsPerWord) * numUnicharsPerWord;
+  for (; i < wordWalkEnd; i += numUnicharsPerWord) {
+    const size_t word = *reinterpret_cast<const size_t*>(str + i);
+    if (word & mask) return i;
+  }
+
+  // Take care of the remainder one character at a time.
+  for (; i < len; i++) {
+    if (str[i] > 255) {
+      return i;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return -1;
+}
+
+}  // namespace VMX
+}  // namespace mozilla