diff --git a/srcpkgs/arcan/template b/srcpkgs/arcan/template
index 5dd372b486c..57c143cf3a7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/arcan/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/arcan/template
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
 		configure_args+=" -DDISABLE_JIT=ON"
 		makedepends+=" MesaLib-devel lua51-devel"
 		;;
-	armv[56]*)
+	armv[56]*|ppc*)
 		configure_args+=" -DDISABLE_JIT=ON"
 		makedepends+=" MesaLib-devel lua51-devel libatomic-devel"
 		CFLAGS+=" -latomic"