diff --git a/cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_enet.c b/cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_enet.c
index ff707dda58d3b2d6d1b002fb1e58b91fc4d0653b..44659ffcd9800f1d3d7e856e4c2f5f9bbabe30c2 100644
--- a/cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_enet.c
+++ b/cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_enet.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 #include <405_mal.h>
 #include <miiphy.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
-#include "vecnum.h"
+#include <asm/ppc4xx-intvec.h>
 
 /*
  * Only compile for platform with AMCC EMAC ethernet controller and
diff --git a/cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_uart.c b/cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_uart.c
index ac2b12b8773986e9be931b40ccf6f64a0a91c191..3d1124e0b27def7f97d42fd56e817079b4bc1266 100644
--- a/cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_uart.c
+++ b/cpu/ppc4xx/4xx_uart.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <watchdog.h>
-#include "vecnum.h"
+#include <asm/ppc4xx-intvec.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_MULTI
 #include <serial.h>
diff --git a/cpu/ppc4xx/interrupts.c b/cpu/ppc4xx/interrupts.c
index 2026cc927a9f08c83d51388b2b6b9f2ea3a88bf0..2f3dc326b4667fe6b78b1eb8856325ab40d058b1 100644
--- a/cpu/ppc4xx/interrupts.c
+++ b/cpu/ppc4xx/interrupts.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include <ppc4xx.h>
 #include <ppc_asm.tmpl>
 #include <commproc.h>
-#include "vecnum.h"
+#include <asm/ppc4xx-intvec.h>
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
diff --git a/cpu/ppc4xx/iop480_uart.c b/cpu/ppc4xx/iop480_uart.c
index 8dd226729e2aa21813c0735d0d546da2e97f3b82..3af0767c552c47a63bac663c84ff1418ad566b45 100644
--- a/cpu/ppc4xx/iop480_uart.c
+++ b/cpu/ppc4xx/iop480_uart.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <watchdog.h>
-#include "vecnum.h"
+#include <asm/ppc4xx-intvec.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_MULTI
 #include <serial.h>
diff --git a/cpu/ppc4xx/usbdev.c b/cpu/ppc4xx/usbdev.c
index 5924a6cb8470424ee610bf931ac8c0672070b482..d71ba7710a0e54df87560f0be66ce773021a4376 100644
--- a/cpu/ppc4xx/usbdev.c
+++ b/cpu/ppc4xx/usbdev.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <usb.h>
 #include "usbdev.h"
-#include "vecnum.h"
+#include <asm/ppc4xx-intvec.h>
 
 #define USB_DT_DEVICE        0x01
 #define USB_DT_CONFIG        0x02
diff --git a/cpu/ppc4xx/vecnum.h b/include/asm-ppc/ppc4xx-intvec.h
similarity index 100%
rename from cpu/ppc4xx/vecnum.h
rename to include/asm-ppc/ppc4xx-intvec.h