diff --git a/srcpkgs/amsynth/template b/srcpkgs/amsynth/template
index a2b27787b79..759d0ca5d6f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/amsynth/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/amsynth/template
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://amsynth.github.io/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/amsynth/${pkgname}/releases/download/release-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=c0d1e11be528366da543363e73363a4b9fd86f72e03d2d22adb3ec355fa61a80
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc*) broken="broken pandoc" ;;
+esac