diff --git a/srcpkgs/busybox-initramfs/template b/srcpkgs/busybox-initramfs/template
index f2eecce9ec..5e251f0b22 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/busybox-initramfs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/busybox-initramfs/template
@@ -29,14 +29,19 @@ pre_build()
 	# It seems that gcc-4.5 generates a bad busybox binary,
 	# notably sed(1) segfaults on every command. Download a
 	# binary from busybox.net.
-	${XBPS_FETCH_CMD} \
-		http://www.busybox.net/downloads/binaries/${version}/busybox-x86_64
+	if [ "${xbps_machine}" = "x86_64" ]; then
+		${XBPS_FETCH_CMD} \
+			http://www.busybox.net/downloads/binaries/${version}/busybox-x86_64
+	fi
 	cp -f ${FILESDIR}/dotconfig ${wrksrc}/.config
 }
 
 post_install()
 {
-	mv ${wrksrc}/busybox-x86_64 \
-		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/busybox-initramfs/bin/busybox
-	chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/busybox-initramfs/bin/busybox
+	if [ "${xbps_machine}" = "x86_64" ]; then
+		mv ${wrksrc}/busybox-x86_64 \
+			${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/busybox-initramfs/bin/busybox
+		chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/busybox-initramfs/bin/busybox
+	fi
+	:
 }