diff --git a/srcpkgs/llvm/template b/srcpkgs/llvm/template
index ecc614c7c9c..dc42fab1be3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/llvm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/llvm/template
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ checksum="1ff53c915b4e761ef400b803f07261ade637b0c269d99569f18040f3dcee4408
 hostmakedepends="groff perl python zlib-devel libffi-devel swig"
 makedepends="python-devel zlib-devel libffi-devel libedit-devel libxml2-devel binutils-devel libatomic-devel"
 depends="libllvm6.0"
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	x86_64) : ALLOW DEBUG ;;
+	*) nodebug=yes ;;
+esac
 
 subpackages="clang-tools-extra clang clang-analyzer libllvm6.0"
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then