diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmpeg2/template b/srcpkgs/libmpeg2/template
index 6d06974fafc..1931ab021bf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libmpeg2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmpeg2/template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ homepage="http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/files/libmpeg2-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=dee22e893cb5fc2b2b6ebd60b88478ab8556cb3b93f9a0d7ce8f3b61851871d4
 
-case "$XBPS_MACHINE" in
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	ppc|ppc-musl) CFLAGS+=" -mno-altivec" ;;
 esac