diff --git a/kernel/power/KERNEL.POWER8 b/kernel/power/KERNEL.POWER8
index b9f44db910..594abf7957 100644
--- a/kernel/power/KERNEL.POWER8
+++ b/kernel/power/KERNEL.POWER8
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ ZCOPYKERNEL  = zcopy.c
 #
 SDOTKERNEL   =  sdot.c
 DDOTKERNEL   =  ddot.c
+DSDOTKERNEL  =  sdot.c
 #CDOTKERNEL   = ../arm/zdot.c
 ZDOTKERNEL   =  zdot.c
 #
diff --git a/kernel/power/sdot.c b/kernel/power/sdot.c
index 31f4734857..4fdc2f5b55 100644
--- a/kernel/power/sdot.c
+++ b/kernel/power/sdot.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /***************************************************************************
-Copyright (c) 2013-2016, The OpenBLAS Project
+Copyright (c) 2013-2017, The OpenBLAS Project
 All rights reserved.
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
@@ -66,42 +66,76 @@ static FLOAT sdot_kernel_16(BLASLONG n, FLOAT *x, FLOAT *y)
 
 #endif
 
+#if defined (DSDOT)
+double CNAME(BLASLONG n, FLOAT *x, BLASLONG inc_x, FLOAT *y, BLASLONG inc_y)
+#else
 FLOAT CNAME(BLASLONG n, FLOAT *x, BLASLONG inc_x, FLOAT *y, BLASLONG inc_y)
+#endif
 {
 	BLASLONG i=0;
 	BLASLONG ix=0,iy=0;
+	double dot = 0.0 ;
 
-	FLOAT  dot = 0.0 ;
+#if defined (DSDOT)
+        double mydot = 0.0;
+        FLOAT asmdot = 0.0;
+#else
+	FLOAT mydot=0.0;
+#endif
+	BLASLONG n1;
 
 	if ( n <= 0 )  return(dot);
 
 	if ( (inc_x == 1) && (inc_y == 1) )
 	{
 
-		BLASLONG n1 = n & -32;
+	        n1 = n & (BLASLONG)(-32);
 
 		if ( n1 )
-			dot = sdot_kernel_16(n1, x, y);
-
+#if defined(DSDOT)
+			{
+			FLOAT *x1=x;
+			FLOAT *y1=y;
+			BLASLONG n2 = 32;
+			while (i<n1) {
+				asmdot = sdot_kernel_16(n2, x1, y1);
+				mydot += (double)asmdot;
+				asmdot=0.;
+				x1+=32;
+				y1+=32;
+				i+=32;
+			}
+		}
+#else		
+			mydot = sdot_kernel_16(n1, x, y);
+#endif
 		i = n1;
 		while(i < n)
 		{
-
+#if defined(DSDOT)
+			dot += (double)y[i] * (double)x[i] ;
+#else
 			dot += y[i] * x[i] ;
+#endif
 			i++ ;
 
 		}
+
+		dot+=mydot;
 		return(dot);
 
 
 	}
 
-	BLASLONG n1 = n & -2;
+	n1 = n & (BLASLONG)(-2);
 
 	while(i < n1)
 	{
-
+#if defined (DSDOT)
+		dot += (double)y[iy] * (double)x[ix] + (double)y[iy+inc_y] * (double)x[ix+inc_x];
+#else
 		dot += y[iy] * x[ix] + y[iy+inc_y] * x[ix+inc_x];
+#endif
 		ix  += inc_x*2 ;
 		iy  += inc_y*2 ;
 		i+=2 ;
@@ -110,8 +144,11 @@ FLOAT CNAME(BLASLONG n, FLOAT *x, BLASLONG inc_x, FLOAT *y, BLASLONG inc_y)
 
 	while(i < n)
 	{
-
+#if defined (DSDOT)
+		dot += (double)y[iy] * (double)x[ix] ;
+#else
 		dot += y[iy] * x[ix] ;
+#endif
 		ix  += inc_x ;
 		iy  += inc_y ;
 		i++ ;