diff --git a/community/R/APKBUILD b/community/R/APKBUILD
index c5cbb06deca..e8e8da03c40 100644
--- a/community/R/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/R/APKBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ pkgver=3.4.3
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Language and environment for statistical computing"
 url="https://www.r-project.org"
-arch="all !s390x"
+# ppc64le: segfaults in build since 3.4.3
+arch="all !s390x !ppc64le"
 license="GPL-2 GPL-3 LGPL-2.1"
 depends="$pkgname-mathlib"
 depends_dev="gcc gfortran icu-dev libjpeg-turbo libpng-dev make openblas-dev