diff --git a/srcpkgs/musl/patches/powerpc-wchar-t.patch b/srcpkgs/musl/patches/powerpc-wchar-t.patch
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/musl/patches/powerpc-wchar-t.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Clang defines wchar_t as int, gcc as long on the target. They have the same
+size, but are different types. i386 already has this same change, do it for
+powerpc as well.
+
+--- arch/powerpc/bits/alltypes.h.in
++++ arch/powerpc/bits/alltypes.h.in
+@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@ TYPEDEF __builtin_va_list va_list;
+ TYPEDEF __builtin_va_list __isoc_va_list;
+ 
+ #ifndef __cplusplus
++#ifdef __WCHAR_TYPE__
++TYPEDEF __WCHAR_TYPE__ wchar_t;
++#else
+ TYPEDEF long wchar_t;
+ #endif
++#endif
+ 
+ TYPEDEF float float_t;
+ TYPEDEF double double_t;