diff --git a/srcpkgs/arcan/template b/srcpkgs/arcan/template
index 4d32e671816..5dd372b486c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/arcan/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/arcan/template
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ checksum="a5f775789e22f6a4f16742ae9375bb5b7999aab83398adeab2bdc3f70c321cc0
  3a50a87c05b67c466a868cc77f8dc7f9cfc9466aeeafcd823daca0d108c504da"
 
 case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
-	i686*|x86_64*)
+	i686*|x86_64*|ppc64*)
 		makedepends+=" LuaJIT-devel"
 		;;
 	armv7*|aarch64*)