diff --git a/srcpkgs/fselect/template b/srcpkgs/fselect/template
index 7653b5e3137..bd5cff98d6f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fselect/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fselect/template
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ homepage="https://github.com/jhspetersson/fselect"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=1456dd9172903cd997e7ade6ba45b5937cfce023682a2ceb140201b608fbc628
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64le*) ;;
+	ppc64*) broken="some rustix junk";;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE-MIT
 }