diff --git a/srcpkgs/papi/template b/srcpkgs/papi/template
index 239cd5c34f0..f8010c4b159 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/papi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/papi/template
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
  --with-CPU=${_ARCH} --with-arch=${_ARCH}"
 fi
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc*-musl) broken="requires non-standard __ppc_get_timebase_freq";;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense ../LICENSE.txt
 }