diff --git a/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/template b/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/template
index 241a4f1c83c..29282a10d3d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/template
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ homepage="https://kafka.apache.org"
 distfiles="http://apache.mirrors.ionfish.org/kafka/${version}/kafka-${version}-src.tgz"
 checksum=d09efde300c1027e0289de1a1d2da093ecce6b182250e03f05215fb044f24f8b
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	ppc*) broken="no JVM JIT, making this too slow to be practical";;
+esac
+
 do_configure() {
 	./gradlew
 }