diff --git a/srcpkgs/libticables2/patches/ppc64le.patch b/srcpkgs/libticables2/patches/ppc64le.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8dc42ceda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libticables2/patches/ppc64le.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- configure.ac
++++ configure.ac
+@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ case "$host" in
+   mips-*-linux-*)        ARCH="-D__MIPS__ -D__LINUX__" ;;
+   mipsel-*-linux-*)      ARCH="-D__MIPS__ -D__LINUX__" ;;
+   powerpc-*-linux-*)     ARCH="-D__PPC__  -D__LINUX__" ;;
+-  powerpc64-*-linux-*)   ARCH="-D__PPC__  -D__LINUX__" ;;
++  powerpc64*-*-linux-*)   ARCH="-D__PPC__  -D__LINUX__" ;;
+   powerpc-apple-darwin*) ARCH="-D__PPC__  -D__MACOSX__" ;;
+   powerpc64-apple-darwin*) ARCH="-D__PPC__  -D__MACOSX__" ;;
+   s390*-*-linux-*)       ARCH="-D__LINUX__" ;;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libticables2/template b/srcpkgs/libticables2/template
index 863ff32639..17f06ace97 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libticables2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libticables2/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 _tilpver=1.18
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-libusb10"
-hostmakedepends="automake bison groff intltool libtool pkg-config texinfo"
+hostmakedepends="automake bison groff intltool libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="glib-devel libusb-devel gettext-devel"
 short_desc="TI Link Cable Library"
 maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"