diff --git a/srcpkgs/nss/template b/srcpkgs/nss/template
index c052b11957..e32f990b96 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nss/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nss/template
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ do_build() {
 			ppc64*) _ARCH="ppc64"; _target_use64="USE_64=1"; CFLAGS+=" -DNS_PTR_GT_32";;
 			arm*) _ARCH="arm";;
 			mips*) _ARCH="mips";;
+			ppc|ppc-musl) _ARCH="ppc";;
 			*) msg_error "$pkgver: unknown target machine\n";;
 		esac
 		# ... and then copy it to $wrksrc.