diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtorrent/template b/srcpkgs/libtorrent/template
index 060b071e4cf..9408171f3e8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libtorrent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libtorrent/template
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ homepage="https://github.com/rakshasa/${pkgname}"
 distfiles="https://github.com/rakshasa/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=0f6c2e7ffd3a1723ab47fdac785ec40f85c0a5b5a42c1d002272205b988be722
 
+# https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/issues/156
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	ppc*|mips*) configure_args+=" --disable-instrumentation";;
+esac
+
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
 	sed -e 's,test "$cross_compiling" = yes, false,' -i configure