diff --git a/srcpkgs/ruby/template b/srcpkgs/ruby/template
index e9b0682079..7cf45ef18d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ruby/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ruby/template
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	arm*-musl) # Default is ucontext
 		configure_args+=" --with-coroutine=arm32"
 		;;
-	ppc64-musl|ppc-musl) makedepends+=" libucontext-devel";;
+	ppc64*) # Default is ucontext on BE, but ppc64le really just means ELFv2
+		configure_args+=" --with-coroutine=ppc64le"
+		;;
+	ppc-musl) makedepends+=" libucontext-devel";;
 esac
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ post_patch() {
 	patch -sNp1 -i ${FILESDIR}/rubygems-avoid-platform-specific-gems.patch
 
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		ppc64-musl|ppc-musl)
+		ppc-musl)
 			vsed -i 's,^EXTLIBS =$,EXTLIBS = -lucontext,' template/Makefile.in
 			vsed -i 's, \-lc\",-lc -lucontext\",g' configure
 			;;