diff --git a/srcpkgs/xfsdump/template b/srcpkgs/xfsdump/template
index ac8afcccb88..3396e6f8896 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xfsdump/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xfsdump/template
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ homepage="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsdump-dev.git/"
 distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/utils/fs/xfs/xfsdump/xfsdump-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=ed14e67ae5b273c2698e767b43a46f033d361e540fe13feaaf9b110ee0edc585
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc*) broken="fails to build";;
+esac
+
 post_extract() {
 	sed -i 's/xfs_fsop_geom_v1_t/struct xfs_fsop_geom_v1/g' common/fs.c
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in