diff --git a/srcpkgs/zeek/patches/fix-vsx.patch b/srcpkgs/zeek/patches/fix-vsx.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d489cdfb1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/zeek/patches/fix-vsx.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From c65741bd62d462bab4410ce4f429ad33534cc0df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: q66 <daniel@octaforge.org>
+Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 19:12:19 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] fix vsx
+
+---
+ src/CMakeLists.txt | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git src/CMakeLists.txt src/CMakeLists.txt
+index 1d2d5c5..9140fa9 100644
+--- src/CMakeLists.txt
++++ src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -344,10 +344,10 @@ elseif (${COMPILER_ARCHITECTURE} STREQUAL "aarch64")
+        ../auxil/highwayhash/highwayhash/hh_neon.cc
+   )
+ elseif (${COMPILER_ARCHITECTURE} STREQUAL "power")
+-  set_source_files_properties(../auxil/highwayhash/highwayhash/hh_avx2.cc PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS
++  set_source_files_properties(../auxil/highwayhash/highwayhash/hh_vsx.cc PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS
+                               -mvsx)
+   list(APPEND HH_SRCS
+-       ../auxil/highwayhash/highwayhash/hh_vsc.cc
++       ../auxil/highwayhash/highwayhash/hh_vsx.cc
+   )
+ elseif(${COMPILER_ARCHITECTURE} STREQUAL "x86_64")
+   set_source_files_properties(../auxil/highwayhash/highwayhash/hh_avx2.cc PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS
+-- 
+2.28.0
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zeek/template b/srcpkgs/zeek/template
index 59c4d1089f4..825e56e0fe4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zeek/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zeek/template
@@ -18,6 +18,19 @@ if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" musl-fts-devel musl-legacy-compat"
 fi
 
+post_patch() {
+	# no cpuid check in highwayhash for ppc since
+	# google pretends older hardware does not exist
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		ppc64le*) ;;
+		ppc*)
+			vsed -i 's/"power"/"google-sucks"/' src/CMakeLists.txt
+			vsed -i 's/HH_ARCH_PPC/HH_ARCH_GOOGLE_SUCKS/g' \
+				auxil/highwayhash/highwayhash/instruction_sets.h
+			;;
+	esac
+}
+
 pre_configure() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		mkdir -p native