diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pivy/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pivy/template
index 9daf33025d3..4a733e805e3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pivy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pivy/template
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ distfiles="https://bitbucket.org/Coin3D/pivy/get/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=2ee684dbf0f52c05b491c5423013fd82e679614bffee23641485248c8a790c4e
 nocross="require coin-config script"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*);;
+	ppc*) broken="{standard input}:3376761: Error: operand out of range";;
+esac
+
 post_extract() (
 	# use setup_old.py until have Coin with cmake support
 	mv -f setup_old.py setup.py