diff --git a/srcpkgs/py-spy/template b/srcpkgs/py-spy/template
index abd1dbb905d..44074fe4de2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/py-spy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/py-spy/template
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ homepage="https://github.com/benfred/py-spy"
 distfiles="https://github.com/benfred/py-spy/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c01da8b74be0daba79781cfc125ffcd3df3a0d090157fe0081c71da2f6057905
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc) broken="error[E0425]: cannot find function get_interp_head_offset in module pyruntime";;
+esac
+
 pre_build() {
 	# fixes the usage of yanked versions of crates
 	cargo update --package quick-xml@0.23.0 --precise 0.23.1