diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-system/template b/srcpkgs/base-system/template
index 8a0c8b9f042..c01a1b7b4ff 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/base-system/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/base-system/template
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*) depends+=" glibc-locales";;
 esac
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	i686*|x86_64*) depends+=" linux";;
+	i686*|x86_64*|ppc64*) depends+=" linux";;
 esac