diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/template b/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/template
index c96b999a5fd..7976bc003ce 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/template
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*) ;;
 esac
 
+if [ "$build_option_openblas" ]; then
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		ppc64*) ;;
+		ppc*) broken="numpy can't be built with openblas";;
+	esac
+fi
+
 LDFLAGS+=" -shared"
 
 # Tell numpy to build in parallel