diff --git a/srcpkgs/janet/template b/srcpkgs/janet/template
index 4acd0140548..143099fb8ba 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/janet/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/janet/template
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ homepage="https://janet-lang.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/janet-lang/janet/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=2a119f3a79b209a858864e73ca3efda57ac044df3c89762a31480bbea386d2a3
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc*) broken="testsuite fails";;
+esac
+
 pre_build() {
 	CC="$BUILD_CC" CFLAGS="$BUILD_CFLAGS" \
 		make build/janet.c JANET_BUILD=\\\"release\\\"