diff --git a/srcpkgs/boost/template b/srcpkgs/boost/template
index 0d103e335b5..ea11e85a708 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boost/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boost/template
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ replaces="libboost_program_options1.72>=0 libboost_math_c99f1.72>=0
 
 subpackages="libboost_program_options1.80 libboost_math_c99f1.80
  libboost_stacktrace_basic1.80 libboost_stacktrace_noop1.80
- libboost_iostreams1.80 libboost_math_tr1l1.80 libboost_filesystem1.80
+ libboost_iostreams1.80 libboost_filesystem1.80
  libboost_chrono1.80 libboost_math_tr1f1.80 libboost_wave1.80
  libboost_graph1.80 libboost_locale1.80 libboost_regex1.80
  libboost_fiber1.80 libboost_type_erasure1.80 libboost_coroutine1.80
@@ -40,11 +40,21 @@ subpackages="libboost_program_options1.80 libboost_math_c99f1.80
  boost-python3-1.80 libboost_log_setup1.80 boost-devel libboost_json1.80
  libboost_timer1.80 libboost_system1.80 libboost_unit_test_framework1.80
  libboost_serialization1.80 libboost_math_tr11.80 boost-build
- libboost_math_c99l1.80 libboost_contract1.80 libboost_nowide1.80
+ libboost_contract1.80 libboost_nowide1.80
  libboost_date_time1.80 libboost_log1.80 libboost_random1.80
  libboost_thread1.80 libboost_container1.80 boost-jam
  libboost_wserialization1.80 libboost_context1.80"
 
+# on glibc ppc, boost.math disables long double stuff because of
+# non-ieee754-conforming long double type (IBM double-double)
+#
+# this does not affect musl (where long double is 64-bit)
+#
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64le|ppc64|ppc) ;;
+	*) subpackages+=" libboost_math_c99l1.80 libboost_math_tr1l1.80";;
+esac
+
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	subpackages+=" libboost_stacktrace_addr2line1.80"
 fi