diff --git a/xbps-src b/xbps-src
index 459f27eb7b7..5c30dcd79f0 100755
--- a/xbps-src
+++ b/xbps-src
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ linux32_check() {
     local tgtarch="$2"
     case "$hostarch" in
         x86_64*) if [[ "$tgtarch" == i686* ]]; then return 0; fi ;;
-        ppc64le*) return 1 ;;
+        ppc64le*) if [[ "$tgtarch" == ppcle* ]]; then return 0; fi ;;
         ppc64*)
             case "$tgtarch" in
                 ppc64*) return 1 ;;