diff --git a/srcpkgs/libreoffice/template b/srcpkgs/libreoffice/template
index 581cceaa98a..6ea455c5c0c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libreoffice/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libreoffice/template
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	i686*)	# Broken unit tests
 		CXXFLAGS+=" -DDISABLE_CVE_TESTS=1"
 		;;
-	x86_64*) build_options_default="java"
+	x86_64*|ppc64*) build_options_default="java"
 		makedepends+=" apache-ant openjdk11 "
 		;;
 esac