diff --git a/srcpkgs/boost/template b/srcpkgs/boost/template
index ea11e85a708..57ad72b545f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boost/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boost/template
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ subpackages="libboost_program_options1.80 libboost_math_c99f1.80
 # this does not affect musl (where long double is 64-bit)
 #
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	ppc64le|ppc64|ppc) ;;
+	ppc64le|ppc64|ppc|ppcle) ;;
 	*) subpackages+=" libboost_math_c99l1.80 libboost_math_tr1l1.80";;
 esac