diff --git a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
index 61d86dd1810..f3eb79e6a21 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=dc8d454d79b175c0b9f3c4d268db17da8e80fcd8df3987af0f58cb399bd5da61
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	armv6l*)
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	armv6l*|ppc*)
 		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
 		LDFLAGS="-latomic"
 		;;