diff --git a/srcpkgs/hyperrogue/template b/srcpkgs/hyperrogue/template
index 61f52541d91..137ebcead18 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hyperrogue/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hyperrogue/template
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ nocross="Generates code from build output that must run on host"
 # which are not set correctly by upstream.
 CXXFLAGS+=" -I/usr/include/SDL -DHYPERPATH='\"/usr/share/hyperrogue/\"' -DHYPERFONTPATH='\"/usr/share/fonts/TTF/\"'"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	ppc*) nodebug=yes;; # build runs out of memory
+esac
+
 export HYPERROGUE_USE_GLEW=1
 export HYPERROGUE_USE_PNG=1