diff --git a/srcpkgs/ndctl/template b/srcpkgs/ndctl/template
index db9d9e49789..565ecff77d4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ndctl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ndctl/template
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c9822c46f6b366427da8ae9cb6f9706fa88ee7e33e91c273e325d9f0666998ac
 conf_files="/etc/ndctl/monitor.conf"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc|ppc-musl) broken="broken on ppc" ;;
+esac
+
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh
 }