diff --git a/srcpkgs/musl-bootstrap/template b/srcpkgs/musl-bootstrap/template
index 9e0f4054ec5..99a5d77f016 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/musl-bootstrap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/musl-bootstrap/template
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ homepage="http://www.musl-libc.org/"
 distfiles="http://www.musl-libc.org/releases/musl-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=1370c9a812b2cf2a7d92802510cca0058cc37e66a7bedd70051f0a34015022a3
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc*) CFLAGS+=" -mlong-double-64";;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	mv ${DESTDIR}/lib/* ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/
 	vmkdir usr/bin