diff --git a/srcpkgs/openblas/template b/srcpkgs/openblas/template
index a6ef0fe0ef9..38fd75cdcf2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openblas/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openblas/template
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/v${version}/Changel
 distfiles="https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=df2934fa33d04fd84d839ca698280df55c690c86a5a1133b3f7266fce1de279f
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	ppc*) broken="crashes during build";;
+esac
+
 case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
 	armv5*) make_build_args+=" TARGET=ARMV5" ;;
 	armv6*) make_build_args+=" TARGET=ARMV6" ;;