diff --git a/srcpkgs/ruby/template b/srcpkgs/ruby/template
index 137d46a311..e9b0682079 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ruby/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ruby/template
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	arm*-musl) # Default is ucontext
 		configure_args+=" --with-coroutine=arm32"
 		;;
+	ppc64-musl|ppc-musl) makedepends+=" libucontext-devel";;
 esac
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
@@ -45,6 +46,13 @@ post_patch() {
 
 	echo "Patching out using binary gems for non-glibc..."
 	patch -sNp1 -i ${FILESDIR}/rubygems-avoid-platform-specific-gems.patch
+
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		ppc64-musl|ppc-musl)
+			vsed -i 's,^EXTLIBS =$,EXTLIBS = -lucontext,' template/Makefile.in
+			vsed -i 's, \-lc\",-lc -lucontext\",g' configure
+			;;
+	esac
 }
 
 pre_build() {