diff --git a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-bad/template b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-bad/template
index 60f3a2a56ae..cc5dc54e97d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-bad/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-bad/template
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ makedepends="gettext-devel libpng-devel alsa-lib-devel celt-devel libressl-devel
  libexif-devel libmpcdec-devel faac-devel SDL-devel libpng-devel
  faad2-devel libdvdread-devel libdvdnav-devel librsvg-devel libsndfile-devel
  xvidcore-devel jasper-devel libmodplug-devel neon-devel libcurl-devel
- libvpx-devel libvdpau-devel libgsm-devel librtmp-devel"
+ $(vopt_if vpx libvpx-devel) libvdpau-devel libgsm-devel librtmp-devel"
 # Requires libgstfft-0.10.so.0 from gst-plugins-base-0.10.36.
 depends="gst-plugins-base>=0.10.36"
 short_desc="GStreamer plugins from the bad set"
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ homepage="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org"
 distfiles="$homepage/src/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=03cf0786391c64625569072e904082a08861f05a63d64b2f8e8dad3f26d81bf9
 
+build_options="vpx"
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	armv6*) ;;
+	*) build_options_default+=" vpx" ;;
+esac
+
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 }