diff --git a/srcpkgs/way-cooler/template b/srcpkgs/way-cooler/template
index 7abf1a94ef2..8e2c366415c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/way-cooler/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/way-cooler/template
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/way-cooler/way-cooler/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c95e5ac960eacf79a1267aa36cb3a94d6e023d0389845424b782e5b65cc56346
 nocross="error compiling wayland-sys: mismatched types --> src/wayland/gamma_control.rs:101:13"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc*) broken="nix 0.6 is broken";;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	chmod u+s "${DESTDIR}"/usr/bin/way-cooler