diff --git a/srcpkgs/parallel-rust/template b/srcpkgs/parallel-rust/template
index c6e12c42e06..f6a1df6cfd4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/parallel-rust/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/parallel-rust/template
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ homepage="https://github.com/mmstick/parallel"
 distfiles="https://github.com/mmstick/parallel/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=70f09dcbf6d34486e505f3e4a04d4f5e30081ec6cd71920017a8e8090eabc242
 
+pre_build() {
+	# default version too old for ppc musl systems
+	cargo update --package libc --precise 0.2.66
+}
+
 do_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 	vbin target/${RUST_TARGET}/release/parallel parallel-rust