diff --git a/srcpkgs/fswatch/template b/srcpkgs/fswatch/template
index f3ca3b312bf..781b69a56a0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fswatch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fswatch/template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/emcrisostomo/fswatch/releases/download/${version}/
 checksum=44d5707adc0e46d901ba95a5dc35c5cc282bd6f331fcf9dbf9fad4af0ed5b29d
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	armv[56]*)
+	armv[56]*|ppc|ppc-musl)
 		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
 		LDFLAGS=" -latomic"
 		;;