diff --git a/srcpkgs/i3status-rust/template b/srcpkgs/i3status-rust/template
index 026ef201f7..8e01ed5360 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/i3status-rust/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/i3status-rust/template
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-only"
 homepage="https://github.com/greshake/i3status-rust"
 distfiles="https://github.com/greshake/i3status-rust/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=84a12a91419fda35109a0be3980671c1d58e13c5987e6dc999cbe786d05053d9
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc*) broken="old broken version of nix (0.8.1) in dep tree" ;;
+esac