diff --git a/srcpkgs/babl/template b/srcpkgs/babl/template
index 3179cda488c..fa790ccb502 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/babl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/babl/template
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GNOME/babl/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="https://download.gimp.org/pub/babl/${version%.*}/babl-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=369dd89345489a3949e83d5ad63295029088230626f64a05e530761b176fa163
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	ppc*) broken="gegl segfaults in babl when building gimp";;
+esac
+
 babl-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"