diff --git a/srcpkgs/bcc/template b/srcpkgs/bcc/template
index 985568af0e..cbdb9de0ab 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bcc/template
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ post_extract() {
 }
 bcc-tools_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - tools"
-	depends="python3-bcc>=${version}_${revision} linux-headers"
+	depends="python3-bcc>=${version}_${revision}"
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		# only add linux-headers for archs it's currently built for
+		i686*|x86_64*|ppc*|aarch64*) depends+=" linux-headers";;
+	esac
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/share/bcc/man/man8
 		mv ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/bcc/man ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/man