diff --git a/srcpkgs/choosenim/template b/srcpkgs/choosenim/template
index 10cdb557589..d76f1a49bc7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/choosenim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/choosenim/template
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ distfiles="${homepage}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz>choosenim-${version}.tar.gz
 checksum="0e78a59cfb3cf7926f8dff3a4215949ccfaecd6c6dddc3b2e062098b5da03edb
  c38e8c66c2eac2bc021d450f2b60d0e45c5355df963d0133930448639c0bd8d4"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc-musl) broken="ftbfs" ;;
+esac
+
 post_extract() {
 	mv ../nimarchive-0.5.4 nimarchive
 }