diff --git a/main/vala/APKBUILD b/main/vala/APKBUILD
index 404cde8b553..11b82ae19ee 100644
--- a/main/vala/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/vala/APKBUILD
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ makedepends="libxslt-dev bash flex bison gobject-introspection-dev graphviz-dev"
 checkdepends="dbus-x11"
 source="https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/${pkgver%.*}/vala-$pkgver.tar.xz"
 
+case "$CARCH" in
+	ppc64le)
+		# Fail to compile, fix is upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/-/issues/1068
+		# Can't apply patch because then we'd have to re-bootstrap Vala, so wait for the next release tarball
+		options="!check"
+		;;
+esac
+
 build() {
 	./configure \
 		--build=$CBUILD \