diff --git a/srcpkgs/icecat/template b/srcpkgs/icecat/template
index 274b4bb542b..64a466766d9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/icecat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/icecat/template
@@ -27,13 +27,15 @@ case $XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE in
 	armv6*)
 		broken="required NEON extensions are not supported on armv6"
 		;;
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	ppc*) broken="ftbfs in several places" ;;
 esac
 
 CXXFLAGS="-Wno-class-memaccess -Wno-unused-function"
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	i686*) nodebug=yes ;;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_WORDSIZE" -eq 32 ]; then
+	nodebug=yes
+fi
 
 post_extract() {
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in