diff --git a/srcpkgs/java-commons-io/template b/srcpkgs/java-commons-io/template
index f6aac76cb9e..ffabff135f4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/java-commons-io/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/java-commons-io/template
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ homepage="http://commons.apache.org/io"
 distfiles="https://downloads.apache.org//commons/io/source/${_origname}-${version}-src.tar.gz"
 checksum=f68167938ab15ced969747bc6b4d91c4f923a34ad4fdb2e8c8c3029adaa47e0c
 
+case "$XBPS_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	ppc*|arm*) broken="jar creation runs out of memory with zero";;
+esac
+
 do_build() {
 	cd ${wrksrc}
 	source /etc/profile.d/10_openjdk8.sh