diff --git a/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template b/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template
index 32d463eb244..f06efe564f6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/Irqbalance/irqbalance/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=3318eddc03782cfdad22b20eff18eaf378c498c5de286e8cbaa5521ddf4f810b
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	i686*|x86_64*) makedepends+=" libnuma-devel";;
+	i686*|x86_64*|ppc64*) makedepends+=" libnuma-devel";;
 esac
 
 pre_configure() {