diff --git a/srcpkgs/dpdk/patches/arm.patch b/srcpkgs/dpdk/patches/arm.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de5d8f7b66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dpdk/patches/arm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff --git config/meson.build config/meson.build
+index 2bafea5..6b15f13 100644
+--- config/meson.build
++++ config/meson.build
+@@ -50,11 +50,7 @@ meson.add_install_script('../buildtools/symlink-drivers-solibs.sh',
+ 		pmd_subdir_opt)
+ 
+ # set the machine type and cflags for it
+-if meson.is_cross_build()
+-	machine = host_machine.cpu()
+-else
+-	machine = get_option('machine')
+-endif
++machine = get_option('machine')
+ 
+ # machine type 'default' is special, it defaults to the per arch agreed common
+ # minimal baseline needed for DPDK.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dpdk/template b/srcpkgs/dpdk/template
index b7689e4114..2bd4700e81 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dpdk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dpdk/template
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'dpdk'
 pkgname=dpdk
 version=19.08
-revision=1
+revision=2
+# no musl - uses error.h, execinfo.h and argp.h
+archs="x86_64 aarch64 ppc64le i686 armv7l"
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Denable_kmods=false -Denable_docs=true -Db_lto=false"
 hostmakedepends="doxygen python3-Sphinx pkg-config elfutils"
-makedepends="libnuma-devel linux-headers jansson-devel libpcap-devel zlib-devel libressl-devel libbsd-devel libelf libmnl"
+makedepends="libnuma-devel linux-headers jansson-devel libpcap-devel
+ zlib-devel libressl-devel libbsd-devel libelf libmnl"
 depends="python-pyelftools"
 short_desc="Data Plane Development Kit"
 maintainer="Hans-J. Schmid <knock@myopendoor.de>"
@@ -14,12 +17,11 @@ homepage="https://www.dpdk.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/DPDK/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=1ceff1a6f4f8d5f6f62c1682097249227ac5225ccd9638e0af09f5411c681038
 
-if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
-	broken="Usage of error.h, execinfo.h and argp.h"
-fi
-
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	armv*) broken="Cannot get define of '__ARM_NEON'";;
+case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
+	armv7l*) configure_args+=" -Dmachine=armv7-a";;
+	aarch64*) configure_args+=" -Dmachine=armv8-a";;
+	ppc64le*) configure_args+=" -Dmachine=power8";;
+		   *) configure_args+=" -Dmachine=default"
 esac
 
 post_install() {