diff --git a/sysutils/lnav/Makefile b/sysutils/lnav/Makefile
index 5e6998894d84..0d897433b593 100644
--- a/sysutils/lnav/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/lnav/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ COMMENT=	Terminal based log file navigator
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to build: lnav.cc:(.text+0x509c): undefined reference to pcrecpp::RE::QuoteMeta[abi:cxx11](pcrecpp::StringPiece const&)
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpcrecpp.so:devel/pcre
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes