diff --git a/srcpkgs/xpra/template b/srcpkgs/xpra/template
index 8ea9489591..2eec75c0ce 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xpra/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xpra/template
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ conf_files="
  /etc/xpra/conf.d/*"
 
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	depends+=" python3-PyOpenGL-accelerate libopencv-python3"
+	depends+=" python3-PyOpenGL-accelerate"
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		ppc64*) depends+=" libopencv-python3";;
+		ppc*) ;;
+		*) depends+=" libopencv-python3";;
+	esac
 fi
 
 post_extract() {