diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodejs-lts/template b/srcpkgs/nodejs-lts/template
index aecbaabdd01..70bac4d6c7f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nodejs-lts/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nodejs-lts/template
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ replaces="iojs>=0"
 conflicts="nodejs"
 provides="nodejs-runtime-0_1"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+        ppc64le*) ;;
+        ppc64*) broken="Node is not supported on ppc64 BE Linux";;
+esac
+
 do_configure() {
 	local _args
 
@@ -32,6 +37,7 @@ do_configure() {
 		case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 			arm*) _args="--dest-cpu=arm --without-snapshot" ;;
 			aarch64*) _args="--dest-cpu=arm64 --without-snapshot" ;;
+			ppc64le*) _args="--dest-cpu=ppc64 --without-snapshot" ;;
 			*) msg_error "$pkgver: cannot be cross compiled for ${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}\n" ;;
 		esac
 	fi