diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc-linux-musl/files/powerpc-wchar-t.patch b/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc-linux-musl/files/powerpc-wchar-t.patch
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..db9f7d1419d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc-linux-musl/files/powerpc-wchar-t.patch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../musl/patches/powerpc-wchar-t.patch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc-linux-musl/template b/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc-linux-musl/template
index 1d705ff32c9..5c2ed790e8b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc-linux-musl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc-linux-musl/template
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ _sysroot="/usr/${_triplet}"
 
 pkgname=cross-${_triplet}
 version=0.30
-revision=4
+revision=5
 
 short_desc="Cross toolchain for PowerPC (musl)"
 maintainer="Thomas Batten <stenstorpmc@gmail.com>"
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ _musl_build() {
 	[ -f ${wrksrc}/.musl_build_done ] && return 0
 
 	cd ${wrksrc}/musl-${_musl_version}
+
+	_apply_patch -p0 ${FILESDIR}/powerpc-wchar-t.patch
+
 	msg_normal "Building cross musl libc\n"
 
 	CC="${_triplet}-gcc" CFLAGS="-Os -pipe ${_archflags}" \