diff --git a/srcpkgs/wire-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/wire-desktop/template
index ec001b6e165..6e9ac6b90c0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wire-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wire-desktop/template
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ shlib_provides="libGLVESv2.so"
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl) broken="glibc artefacts are installed" ;;
 	i686*) broken="yarn" ;;
+	ppc*) broken="electron" ;;
 esac
 
 pre_build() {