diff --git a/srcpkgs/qtox/template b/srcpkgs/qtox/template
index c2cf27316e..08ab8bb312 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qtox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qtox/template
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/qTox/qTox/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=b842e2e7cbfa356da32dd7afc7628d55ce35d046ed72a468b211ab9ef863c382
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	armv6*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	armv6*|ppc*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel" ;;
 esac
 
 pre_configure() {
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		armv6*) sed -i 's/${ALL_LIBRARIES})/atomic \0/' CMakeLists.txt
+		ppc64*) ;;
+		armv6*|ppc*) sed -i 's/${ALL_LIBRARIES})/atomic \0/' CMakeLists.txt ;;
 	esac
 }