diff --git a/srcpkgs/fwupd/template b/srcpkgs/fwupd/template
index 7551130210f..960dbaa7787 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fwupd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fwupd/template
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@ revision=1
 build_style=meson
 # manpages fail to build
 # tests require unpackaged umockdev
-configure_args="-Dbootdir=/boot/EFI -Dconsolekit=false -Dgtkdoc=false
- -Dintrospection=true -Dsystemd=false -Dplugin_altos=false -Dtests=false
- -Dman=false -Dpkcs7=false -Db_lto=false"
+configure_args="-Dconsolekit=false -Dgtkdoc=false -Dintrospection=true
+ -Dsystemd=false -Dplugin_altos=false -Dtests=false -Dman=false
+ -Dpkcs7=false -Db_lto=false"
 hostmakedepends="dejavu-fonts-ttf gnutls-tools help2man pkg-config gcab
  gobject-introspection python3-Pillow"
 makedepends="libxmlb-devel cairo-devel colord-devel libarchive-devel
  gnutls-devel gpgme-devel json-glib-devel libgusb-devel polkit-devel
- python3-gobject libefivar-devel gnu-efi-libs sqlite-devel libsoup-devel
- gcab-devel pango-devel"
+ python3-gobject sqlite-devel libsoup-devel gcab-devel pango-devel"
 short_desc="Daemon to allow session software to update firmware"
 maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
@@ -29,6 +28,16 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl)	configure_args+=" -Dplugin_dell=false" ;;
 esac
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*)
+		configure_args+=" -Dplugin_uefi=false"
+		configure_args+=" -Dplugin_redfish=false"
+		configure_args+=" -Dplugin_nvme=false"
+		configure_args+=" -Dplugin_dell=false"
+		;;
+	*) makedepends+= " gnu-efi-libs libefivar-devel" ;;
+esac
+
 fwupd-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision} libglib-devel"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"