diff --git a/srcpkgs/llvm8/template b/srcpkgs/llvm8/template
index 0af2af6b9f9..f8377dacf93 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/llvm8/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/llvm8/template
@@ -35,8 +35,19 @@ checksum="8872be1b12c61450cacc82b3d153eab02be2546ef34fa3580ed14137bb26224c
 disable_parallel_builds=yes
 lib32disabled=yes
 
+_lldb_enable=yes
+
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	_lldb_enable=no
+fi
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64le*) ;;
+	ppc*) _lldb_enable=no ;;
+esac
+
 subpackages="clang-tools-extra clang clang-analyzer libllvm8"
-if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+if [ "$_lldb_enable" = "yes" ]; then
 	# XXX fails to cross compile due to python
 	subpackages+=" lldb lldb-devel"
 fi
@@ -60,7 +71,7 @@ post_patch() {
 		patch -sNp1 -i ${i}
 	done
 
-	if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	if [ "$_lldb_enable" = "yes" ]; then
 		cd ${XBPS_BUILDDIR}/lldb-${version}.src
 		for i in ${FILESDIR}/patches/lldb/*.patch; do
 			msg_normal "Applying $i to lldb\n"
@@ -84,7 +95,7 @@ post_patch() {
 		mv ${XBPS_BUILDDIR}/lld-${version}.src ${wrksrc}/tools/lld
 	fi
 	# Move lldb files into the llvm source.
-	if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" -a -d ${XBPS_BUILDDIR}/lldb-${version}.src ]; then
+	if [ "$_lldb_enable" = "yes" -a -d ${XBPS_BUILDDIR}/lldb-${version}.src ]; then
 		mv ${XBPS_BUILDDIR}/lldb-${version}.src ${wrksrc}/tools/lldb
 	fi
 	# Move compiler-rt files into the llvm source.