diff --git a/srcpkgs/goxel/template b/srcpkgs/goxel/template
index 93c10c4f9a6..4a7ad49c5f6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/goxel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/goxel/template
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/guillaumechereau/goxel/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=12b0e4504b8ed1bc351c75d8d17136c7bc169ce59705fd0dde562492185f1381
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	armv6*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel";;
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	armv6*|ppc*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel";;
 esac
 
 pre_build() {
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ pre_build() {
 			-e "/conf = env.Configure()/ a env.Replace(CXX = \"$CXX\")"
 	fi
 	case $XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE in
-		armv6*) vsed -i SConstruct \
+		ppc64*) ;;
+		armv6*|ppc*) vsed -i SConstruct \
 			-e "/conf = env.Configure()/ a env.Append(LIBS='atomic')"
 	esac
 }