diff --git a/srcpkgs/wrk/template b/srcpkgs/wrk/template
index 9aa408850f7..97f0e757774 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wrk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wrk/template
@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/wg/wrk/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=6fa1020494de8c337913fd139d7aa1acb9a020de6f7eb9190753aa4b1e74271e
 patch_args="-Np1"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	ppc*|mips*)
+		broken="__sync_fetch_and_add_8 and __sync_val_compare_and_swap_8 supported on $XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE"
+		;;
+esac
+
 pre_build() {
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		mips*)
-			broken="__sync_fetch_and_add_8 and __sync_val_compare_and_swap_8 supported on $XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE"
-			;;
 		aarch64*)
 			make obj
 			luajit -b -a arm64 src/wrk.lua obj/bytecode.o