diff --git a/srcpkgs/ecm/template b/srcpkgs/ecm/template
index 9ed3fc56431..4fa8689aa68 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ecm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ecm/template
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ homepage="http://ecm.gforge.inria.fr/"
 distfiles="https://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/file/36224/ecm-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=0cf7b3eee8462cc6f98b418b47630e1eb6b3f4f8c3fc1fb005b08e2a1811ba43
 
+# ppc64 asm only provided for BE and ELFv1, we're ELFv2 for BE and LE
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) configure_args+=" --disable-asm-redc";;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	vbin aprcl
 	vbin .libs/ecmfactor