diff --git a/srcpkgs/nim/template b/srcpkgs/nim/template
index 809627066a6..d7534c97c22 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nim/template
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ do_build() {
 		i686*)
 			CC=cc LD=cc CFLAGS="-Os -pipe" LDFLAGS= \
 			make -C csources_v1 ucpu=i686 ${makejobs};;
+		ppc|ppc-musl)
+			CC=cc LD=cc CFLAGS="-Os -pipe" LDFLAGS= \
+			make -C csources_v1 ucpu=powerpc ${makejobs};;
 		*)
 			CC=cc LD=cc CFLAGS="-Os -pipe" LDFLAGS= \
 			make -C csources_v1 ${makejobs};;