diff --git a/srcpkgs/oprofile/template b/srcpkgs/oprofile/template
index d4727ac5fd9..f14cdd3cdd2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/oprofile/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/oprofile/template
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=7ba06f99d7c188389d20d1d5e53ee690c7733f87aa9af62bd664fa0ca235a412
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	ppc*) broken="requires libpfm, which is not packaged";;
+	ppc*) makedepends+=" papi-devel";;
 esac