diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibc/template b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
index 974305cc898..4ea327aa1fa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glibc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ do_install() {
 	# 32-bit userlands may be used with 64-bit kernels and then
 	# xbps will report an incorrect architecture by default
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		i686|ppc|armv*)
+		i686|ppc|ppcle|armv*)
 			vmkdir usr/share/xbps.d
 			echo "architecture=${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" > \
 				${DESTDIR}/usr/share/xbps.d/arch-32bit.conf