diff --git a/srcpkgs/ugdb/template b/srcpkgs/ugdb/template
index 76570dcf7eb..e16b6f7aa1f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ugdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ugdb/template
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ homepage="https://github.com/ftilde/ugdb"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=000a0d1bcc848332d5786ca9c37fcba0ead5d5cf33b39ba7620fe3fd9e530b9c
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc*) broken="nix-0.8.1 and nix-0.7.0 fail to build";;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }