diff --git a/srcpkgs/libunwind/template b/srcpkgs/libunwind/template
index 4431cc62988..769366f916b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libunwind/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libunwind/template
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ checksum=43997a3939b6ccdf2f669b50fdb8a4d3205374728c2923ddc2354c65260214f8
 
 # LDFLAGS is necessary because libunwind.so itself uses getcontext/setcontext
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	ppc*-musl) makedepends+=" libucontext-devel"; LDFLAGS=" -lucontext" ;;
+	i686-musl|ppc*-musl) makedepends+=" libucontext-devel"; LDFLAGS=" -lucontext" ;;
 	*) ;;
 esac
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pre_configure() {
 	# it needs to be here because it's used directly in a macro in a
 	# public header, so things using libunwind need linkage against it
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		ppc*-musl)
+		i686-musl|ppc*-musl)
 			sed -i 's/\-lunwind/\-lunwind \-lucontext/' \
 			 src/unwind/libunwind.pc.in
 		;;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ libunwind-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}"
 
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		ppc*-musl) depends+=" libucontext-devel" ;;
+		i686-musl|ppc*-musl) depends+=" libucontext-devel" ;;
 		*) ;;
 	esac