diff --git a/srcpkgs/oprofile/template b/srcpkgs/oprofile/template
index 9501a0e3ba2..af9b7ce4db6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/oprofile/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/oprofile/template
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="http://oprofile.sourceforge.net"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=95ded8bde1ec39922f0af015981a67aec63e025a501e4dc04cd65d38f73647e6
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc*) broken="requires libpfm, which is not packaged";;
+esac