diff --git a/srcpkgs/kmscon/template b/srcpkgs/kmscon/template
index d3bf88a33c..55b1fcc51c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kmscon/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kmscon/template
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ homepage="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/kmscon"
 distfiles="${FREEDESKTOP_SITE}/kmscon/releases/kmscon-8.tar.xz"
 checksum=0ab01c1cdc4fbd692ce765e80478bc2d9663a7c55a5c75cc7ac421366ee6ae2b
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc*) broken="ftbfs";;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING
 	# Remove devel files.