diff --git a/srcpkgs/flac/template b/srcpkgs/flac/template
index 366fdd826ad..9d879d4db01 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/flac/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/flac/template
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ license="BSD-3-Clause, GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://downloads.xiph.org/releases/flac/flac-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=213e82bd716c9de6db2f98bcadbc4c24c7e2efe8c75939a1a84e28539c4e1748
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64|ppc64-musl) configure_args+=" --disable-vsx";;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING.Xiph
 }