diff --git a/srcpkgs/opencv4/template b/srcpkgs/opencv4/template
index 5f029bff809..f15c5f1ec2f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/opencv4/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/opencv4/template
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	 -DPYTHON3_NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIRS=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py3_sitelib}/${_npincdir}"
 fi
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	ppc*) broken="grfmt_jpeg2000.cpp:380:48: error: lvalue required as unary '&' operand";;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }