diff --git a/srcpkgs/cabbage/template b/srcpkgs/cabbage/template
index fd910797d5..9b650bccf5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cabbage/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cabbage/template
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ checksum="0f446cf09177e559d2f2e9a77a78faed611cc869e219a7dc859a6e9b72eca64d
  de64ff1b5b40a7fdc2de873e80d911ffa9fd6b82435a555dda1e8edc267d1fa3"
 nocross="Projucer in template uses compiled binary"
 
+# vsx accel stuff from libpng is not shipped
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc*) CXXFLAGS="-DPNG_POWERPC_VSX_OPT=0" ;;
+esac
+
 # without TARGET_ARCH, the build system will assume -march=native,
 # which is wrong as we're building a generic package and -march does
 # not even always work