diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-video/template b/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-video/template
index a88b27d2415..690cc3e6f43 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-video/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-scikit-video/template
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ homepage="http://www.scikit-video.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/scikit-video/scikit-video/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=0d28d9c08d43be56bd723c8387e90e599a5ce4b75c389717d190ccde0ef5d56f
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	ppc*) broken="something with scipy and libatomic";;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING
 }