diff --git a/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template b/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
index 7e81e99af3e..a3373f20370 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ do_configure() {
 			aarch64*) _arch="aarch64";;
 			mips*) _arch="mips";;
 			ppc64*) _arch="ppc64";;
+			ppc*) _arch="ppc";;
 			*) _arch="${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE%%-musl}";;
 		esac
 
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ do_configure() {
 			--target-os=linux --arch=${_arch}"
 	fi
 
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		ppc|ppc-musl) _args+=" --disable-altivec";;
+	esac
+
 	./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-debug --enable-gpl --enable-gnutls \
 		--enable-libcdio --enable-version3 --enable-runtime-cpudetect \
 		--enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libxvid \