diff --git a/srcpkgs/vault/template b/srcpkgs/vault/template
index a2ed23b8215..6a5af23b508 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vault/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vault/template
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/hashicorp/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=b9f909b613d53ae591a5b91a4862c750aaf59e87592b1a74b4c4651c0b5790e3
 system_accounts="_vault"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc*) broken="fails in yarn when building v8";;
+esac
+
 pre_build() {
 	vsed -i Makefile -e "s@(find \. -name '\*\.go' | grep -v pb\.go | grep -v vendor)@(find . -name '*.go' | grep -v pb.go | grep -v vendor | grep -v ./_build-)@"
 	local depbin="${wrksrc}/_build-depbin"