diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
index e14d74894dc..c500ea8d5fa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ if [ "$XBPS_WORDSIZE" -ne "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" ]; then
 	nocross="host and target must have the same pointer size"
 fi
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	ppc*) broken="Node 12.x does not support 32-bit ppc" ;;
+esac
+
 # v8 requires libatomic on ppc*/s390x/mips*
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	mips*|ppc*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel" ;;