diff --git a/srcpkgs/firefox/template b/srcpkgs/firefox/template
index c8d2881252..fc873a70ea 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/firefox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/firefox/template
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ checksum=78304cd58229e7103b56b34718aad051c9a4db30c266512a64f501ba58da7fbe
 lib32disabled=yes
 
 hostmakedepends="autoconf213 unzip zip pkg-config perl python3 yasm rust cargo
- llvm clang nodejs cbindgen python nasm"
+ llvm clang nodejs-lts-10 cbindgen python nasm"
 makedepends="nss-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel gtk+-devel gtk+3-devel icu-devel
  pixman-devel sqlite-devel libevent-devel libnotify-devel libvpx5-devel
  libXrender-devel libXcomposite-devel libSM-devel libXt-devel rust-std
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ case $XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE in
 		broken="required NEON extensions are not supported on armv6"
 		;;
 	ppc64*) ;;
-	ppc*) broken="ftbfs in several places" ;;
+	ppc*)
+		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+		broken="xptcall bitrot"
+		;;
 esac
 
 # we need this because cargo verifies checksums of all files in vendor
@@ -83,6 +86,16 @@ do_build() {
 		;;
 	esac
 
+	# webrtc currently fails to build on 32-bit ppc...
+	# also need explicit libatomic
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	ppc*)
+		echo "ac_add_options --disable-webrtc" >>.mozconfig
+		export LDFLAGS+=" -latomic"
+		;;
+	esac
+
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		BINDGEN_INCLUDE_FLAGS=$( $CPP -x c++ -v /dev/null -o /dev/null 2>&1 | \
 			sed -n '/#include <...> search starts here:/,/End of search list./p' | \