diff --git a/srcpkgs/minikube/template b/srcpkgs/minikube/template
index 9b4032e5854..27e5b3de27f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/minikube/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/minikube/template
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ do_fetch() {
 		$wrksrc/src/k8s.io/minikube
 }
 
+pre_configure() {
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		ppc64le*) vsed -i 's/amd64/ppc64le/g' Makefile;;
+	esac
+}
+
 do_build() {
 	export GOPATH="$wrksrc"