diff --git a/srcpkgs/drawterm/template b/srcpkgs/drawterm/template
index 87398e0590..d6c01ff669 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/drawterm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/drawterm/template
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ post_extract() {
 	cp ${wrksrc}/posix-arm/* ${wrksrc}/posix-aarch64/
 	# test-and-set implementation using GCC builtin
 	cp ${FILESDIR}/tas.c ${wrksrc}/posix-aarch64/
+	# the bundled ppc implementation is broken
+	cp ${FILESDIR}/tas.c ${wrksrc}/posix-power/
 }
 
 do_configure() {
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ do_configure() {
 		i686*) _arch=386 ;;
 		mips*) _arch=mips ;;
 		x86_64*) _arch=amd64 ;;
+		ppc*) _arch=power ;;
 	esac
 
 	sed -i Make* */Makefile \