diff --git a/astro/boinc-setiathome-v7/Makefile b/astro/boinc-setiathome-v7/Makefile
index a1bd5f536262..62c820c080dc 100644
--- a/astro/boinc-setiathome-v7/Makefile
+++ b/astro/boinc-setiathome-v7/Makefile
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ PLIST_SUB+=	PREFIX=${PREFIX} \
 		BOINC_CLIENT_USER=${BOINC_CLIENT_USER} \
 		BOINC_CLIENT_GROUP=${BOINC_CLIENT_GROUP}
 
-BROKEN_powerpc64=	Does not build
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	does not compile: analyzeFuncs_altivec.cpp: CoreServices/CoreServices.h: No such file or directory
 
 # str_replace.h is included in newer versions of net/boinc-client,
 # but it is not needed on FreeBSD
diff --git a/audio/xmcd/Makefile b/audio/xmcd/Makefile
index 7f0371bb772e..6145e5d6744e 100644
--- a/audio/xmcd/Makefile
+++ b/audio/xmcd/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ LIBBINDIR=	${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/X11/xmcd/bin-${OPSYS}_${OSREL:R:R}-${ARCH}
 BROKEN_aarch64=		Fails to compile: many undefined symbols in xorg.cf
 BROKEN_armv6=		Fails to compile: many undefined symbols in xorg.cf
 BROKEN_mips64=		Fails to compile: many undefined symbols in xorg.cf
-BROKEN_powerpc64=	Does not build on powerpc64
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	Fails to compile: many undefined symbols in xorg.cf
 
 pre-patch:
 	@${CP} ${WRKSRC}/xmcd_d/XMcd.ad ${WRKSRC}/xmcd_d/XMcd.ad.in
diff --git a/databases/mysql57-client/Makefile b/databases/mysql57-client/Makefile
index 5c6cb4abfeda..a7a6a439b7ed 100644
--- a/databases/mysql57-client/Makefile
+++ b/databases/mysql57-client/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ COMMENT=	Multithreaded SQL database (client)
 
 LICENSE+=	LGPL21
 
-BROKEN_powerpc64=	Does not build
-BROKEN_sparc64=	Does not build: reports unsupported compiler
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	does not build: reports unsupported compiler
+BROKEN_sparc64=		does not build: reports unsupported compiler
 
 MASTERDIR=	${.CURDIR}/../mysql57-server
 
diff --git a/databases/mysql80-client/Makefile b/databases/mysql80-client/Makefile
index c268d7634541..f137fb34026a 100644
--- a/databases/mysql80-client/Makefile
+++ b/databases/mysql80-client/Makefile
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ COMMENT=	Multithreaded SQL database (client)
 
 LICENSE+=	LGPL21
 
-BROKEN_powerpc64=	Does not build
-BROKEN_sparc64=	Does not build: reports unsupported compiler
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	does not build: reports unsupported compiler
+BROKEN_sparc64=		does not build: reports unsupported compiler
 
 MASTERDIR=	${.CURDIR}/../mysql80-server
 
diff --git a/devel/amd64-gcc/Makefile b/devel/amd64-gcc/Makefile
index d74e0cc4ed41..d3785a82d057 100644
--- a/devel/amd64-gcc/Makefile
+++ b/devel/amd64-gcc/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ BROKEN_aarch64=		error: invalid output constraint '=a' in asm
 BROKEN_armv6=		fails to package
 BROKEN_mips=		configure: error: cannot compute suffix of object files: cannot compile
 BROKEN_mips64=		configure: error: cannot compute suffix of object files: cannot compile
-BROKEN_powerpc64=	Does not build
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	error: invalid output constraint in asm
 
 .include "${MASTERDIR}/Makefile"
diff --git a/devel/clanlib/Makefile b/devel/clanlib/Makefile
index fbb2c1649050..654592c303ed 100644
--- a/devel/clanlib/Makefile
+++ b/devel/clanlib/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libpng.so:graphics/png \
 		libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 		libpcre.so:devel/pcre
 
-NOT_FOR_ARCHS=		aarch64 armv6
+NOT_FOR_ARCHS=		aarch64 armv6 powerpc powerpc64
 NOT_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=	invokes x86 asm
 
 USES=		execinfo gmake jpeg libtool pathfix pkgconfig sqlite tar:tgz
diff --git a/devel/gcc-arm-embedded/Makefile b/devel/gcc-arm-embedded/Makefile
index 44a596048df8..019931862725 100644
--- a/devel/gcc-arm-embedded/Makefile
+++ b/devel/gcc-arm-embedded/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COMMENT=	Complete gcc-based toolcahin for embedded ARM development
 LICENSE=	GPLv2 LGPL20 LGPL21 GPLv3 LGPL3
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 
-BROKEN_powerpc64=	does not build
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	does not build: __adjust.c: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	PURE PYGDB EXAMPLES HTML PDF DOCS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=PYGDB
diff --git a/devel/leatherman/Makefile b/devel/leatherman/Makefile
index 4d75fa61d8c4..c5945722c003 100644
--- a/devel/leatherman/Makefile
+++ b/devel/leatherman/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_system.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libcurl.so:ftp/curl
 
+BROKEN_armv6=		fails to configure: CMake: execution of make failed
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to compile: cc1plus: error: unrecognized command line option "-std=c++11"
+
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	puppetlabs
 
diff --git a/devel/msp430-debug-stack/Makefile b/devel/msp430-debug-stack/Makefile
index 60c37ba0f207..61706b19a9a0 100644
--- a/devel/msp430-debug-stack/Makefile
+++ b/devel/msp430-debug-stack/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_filesystem.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libhidapi.so:comms/hidapi
 
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to compile: adapt_enum.h: 'to_string' is not a member of 'std'
+
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lib dos2unix gmake zip:infozip
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
diff --git a/devel/powerpc64-gcc/Makefile b/devel/powerpc64-gcc/Makefile
index fc488032ed17..e99ac2bd3734 100644
--- a/devel/powerpc64-gcc/Makefile
+++ b/devel/powerpc64-gcc/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ COMMENT=	Cross GNU Compiler Collection for ${PKGNAMEPREFIX:C/-//g}
 LICENSE=	GPLv3 GPLv3RLE
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libgmp.so:math/gmp \
+		libmpfr.so:math/mpfr \
+		libmpc.so:math/mpc
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${BU_PREFIX}-as:devel/${PKGNAMEPREFIX}binutils
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${BU_PREFIX}-as:devel/${PKGNAMEPREFIX}binutils
+
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	gcc_gxx_include_dir="/usr/include/c++/v1"
 
 USES=	gmake iconv libtool tar:bzip2 makeinfo compiler
@@ -20,12 +26,6 @@ PLIST_SUB=	TARGETARCH=${PKGNAMEPREFIX:C/-//g} \
 		GCC_TARGET=${GCC_TARGET} \
 		GCC_VERSION=${PORTVERSION}
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libgmp.so:math/gmp \
-		libmpfr.so:math/mpfr \
-		libmpc.so:math/mpc
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${BU_PREFIX}-as:devel/${PKGNAMEPREFIX}binutils
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${BU_PREFIX}-as:devel/${PKGNAMEPREFIX}binutils
-
 .if empty(GCC_TARGET)
 # We are building for a FreeBSD target
 GCC_TARGET?=	${PKGNAMEPREFIX}unknown-${OPSYS:tl}${OSREL}
diff --git a/devel/re2/Makefile b/devel/re2/Makefile
index fa755a534271..9814e87f8a2d 100644
--- a/devel/re2/Makefile
+++ b/devel/re2/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ COMMENT=	Fast C++ regex library
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to compile: prefilter_tree.cc: 'to_string' is not a member of 'std'
+
 MAKE_ARGS=	CXX="${CXX}" CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}" SED_INPLACE="${SED} -i ''" prefix=${PREFIX}
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang gmake pathfix
diff --git a/devel/zpu-gcc/Makefile b/devel/zpu-gcc/Makefile
index 8976b444e0a5..5638349cfe4d 100644
--- a/devel/zpu-gcc/Makefile
+++ b/devel/zpu-gcc/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LICENSE=	GPLv2
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/zpu/bin/zpu-elf-as:devel/zpu-binutils
 RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
 
-BROKEN_powerpc64=	Does not build
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to compile: libgcc2.h: conflicting types for '__structdi3'
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/toolchain
 USES=		gettext gmake makeinfo
diff --git a/games/endless-sky/Makefile b/games/endless-sky/Makefile
index abf868df28f5..1d7a1ed471f6 100644
--- a/games/endless-sky/Makefile
+++ b/games/endless-sky/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ LICENSE_FILE_GPLv3+ =	${WRKSRC}/license.txt
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpng.so:graphics/png \
 		libmad.so:audio/libmad
 
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to compile: Dialog.h: 'to_string' is not a member of 'std'
+
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lib jpeg localbase:ldflags openal scons
diff --git a/games/py-fife/Makefile b/games/py-fife/Makefile
index 8c6e979bc239..49aeb8c78b6c 100644
--- a/games/py-fife/Makefile
+++ b/games/py-fife/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=		fife
 PORTVERSION=		0.4.1
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=		1
 CATEGORIES=		games
 MASTER_SITES=		https://github.com/fifengine/fifengine/archive/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=		libvorbisfile.so:audio/libvorbis \
 			libboost_filesystem.so:devel/boost-libs \
 			libpng.so:graphics/png
 
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to compile: fifePYTHON_wrap.cxx: relocation truncated to fit
+
 USES=			openal:al pkgconfig cmake:outsource
 USE_GL=			gl
 USE_SDL=		sdl2 ttf2 image2
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ LOGGING_DESC=		Logging
 OPTIONS_MULTI_COMP=	PYTHON LIBRARY
 COMP_DESC=		Building components
 PYTHON_DESC=		Build python extension module (need for unknown-horizons)
-LIBRARY_DESC=		Build and install files for directly develop with C++ 
+LIBRARY_DESC=		Build and install files for directly develop with C++
 
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	FIFECHAN ZIP LOGGING PYTHON
 
diff --git a/games/stratagus/Makefile b/games/stratagus/Makefile
index a903ade6e04f..ccd00f3895f7 100644
--- a/games/stratagus/Makefile
+++ b/games/stratagus/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpng.so:graphics/png \
 		libtolua++-${LUA_VER}.so:lang/tolua++
 
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to compile: cc1plus: unrecognized command line option "-std=gnu++0x"
+
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	Wargus
 
diff --git a/graphics/enblend/Makefile b/graphics/enblend/Makefile
index ce6313a0bd2b..e99d85b867ee 100644
--- a/graphics/enblend/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/enblend/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	liblcms2.so:graphics/lcms2 \
 		libgsl.so:math/gsl
 RUN_DEPENDS=	OpenEXR>=1.0:graphics/OpenEXR
 
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to configure: libvigraimpex is required to compile Enblend
+
 USE_AUTOTOOLS=	automake:env autoconf:env
 USES=		compiler:features gmake jpeg localbase makeinfo
 # We need a newer version of makeinfo for this.
diff --git a/java/classpath/Makefile b/java/classpath/Makefile
index 74fcd3d21d4a..fcfdae65cd4a 100644
--- a/java/classpath/Makefile
+++ b/java/classpath/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 BROKEN_aarch64=		fails to configure: error: The jar tool /usr/local/bin/gjar5 was not found
 BROKEN_armv6=		fails to configure: error: The jar tool /usr/local/bin/gjar5 was not found
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to configure: error: The jar tool /usr/local/bin/gjar5 was not found
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USES=		gmake iconv libtool perl5 pkgconfig
diff --git a/lang/ldc/Makefile b/lang/ldc/Makefile
index 0cb1d262eb30..6da261075fb8 100644
--- a/lang/ldc/Makefile
+++ b/lang/ldc/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libconfig.so:devel/libconfig
 
 BROKEN_aarch64=		fails to compile: Error: undefined identifier _jmp_buf, did you mean alias jmp_buf?
 BROKEN_armv6=		fails to compile: Error: undefined identifier _jmp_buf, did you mean alias jmp_buf?
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to compile: cc1plus: error: unrecognized command line option "-std=c++11"
 
 USES=		cmake
 CMAKE_ARGS+=	-DD_COMPILER:STRING="${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${BOOTVER:S/$/-src/}/bin/ldmd2"
diff --git a/math/cryptominisat/Makefile b/math/cryptominisat/Makefile
index ca16053e8648..64a07bc33386 100644
--- a/math/cryptominisat/Makefile
+++ b/math/cryptominisat/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ LICENSE_FILE_LGPL21=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE-SCALMC
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	xxd:editors/vim-lite # for xxd tool
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_program_options.so:devel/boost-libs
 
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to compile: main.cpp: undefined reference to boost::program_options::abstract_variables_map::operator[]
+
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	msoos
 
diff --git a/misc/sword/Makefile b/misc/sword/Makefile
index f0c98dc2638d..67ae92ec724d 100644
--- a/misc/sword/Makefile
+++ b/misc/sword/Makefile
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ COMMENT=	Framework for manipulating Bible texts
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
-BROKEN_FreeBSD_12= does not build on 12.X
-
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	cppunit-config:devel/cppunit
 
+BROKEN_FreeBSD_12=	does not build on 12.X
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	does not compile: libicui18n.so: undefined reference to __cxa_throw_bad_array_new_length
+
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-conf --with-zlib
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
diff --git a/sysutils/torque/Makefile b/sysutils/torque/Makefile
index bb014d782db4..3aad54f2b260 100644
--- a/sysutils/torque/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/torque/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.adaptivecomputing.com/index.php?wpfb_dl=1643/
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Open source distributed computing resource manager based on PBS
 
-BROKEN_aarch64=		Fails to link: missing sbrk
+BROKEN_aarch64=		fails to link: missing sbrk
 
 FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS=	-o ${DISTDIR}/${DISTFILES}
 USES=		gmake perl5 libtool
diff --git a/www/swish-e/Makefile b/www/swish-e/Makefile
index 14b762c34252..328a12d5c632 100644
--- a/www/swish-e/Makefile
+++ b/www/swish-e/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ USES=		gmake libtool perl5 shebangfix
 SHEBANG_FILES=	src/swishspider
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 MAKE_ARGS+=	pkgconfigdir="${PREFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig" \
-                pkgdatadir="${DATADIR}"
+		pkgdatadir="${DATADIR}"
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
diff --git a/x11-wm/awesome/Makefile b/x11-wm/awesome/Makefile
index 29680b5044a2..074a8f49d643 100644
--- a/x11-wm/awesome/Makefile
+++ b/x11-wm/awesome/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libcairo.so:graphics/cairo \
 		libxcb-xrm.so:x11/xcb-util-xrm \
 		libxkbcommon.so:x11/libxkbcommon
 
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to compile: stack.h: redefinition of typedef 'client_t'
+
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	awesome3-[0-9]*
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes