diff --git a/srcpkgs/mkvtoolnix/template b/srcpkgs/mkvtoolnix/template
index 7f84979ecc3..52d67b0a6c8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mkvtoolnix/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mkvtoolnix/template
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" --with-boost=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
 fi
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	ppc*) broken="assembler shits itself";;
+esac
+
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh
 }