diff --git a/emacs/PKGBUILD b/emacs/PKGBUILD
index 8868578d6f..47487cc32b 100644
--- a/emacs/PKGBUILD
+++ b/emacs/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 # Contributor: Renchi Raju <renchi@green.tam.uiuc.edu>
 
 pkgbase=emacs
-pkgname=(emacs emacs-nativecomp emacs-nox)
+pkgname=(emacs emacs-nox)
+[ ! "${CARCH}" = 'powerpc' ] && pkgname+=(emacs-nativecomp) 
 pkgver=28.2
 pkgrel=2
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc riscv64)
@@ -81,12 +82,14 @@ build() {
     --with-x-toolkit=gtk3
   make
 
+  if [ ! "${CARCH}" = 'powerpc' ]; then 
   cd ../${pkgbase}-${pkgver}-nativecomp
-  ./configure \
-    --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 \
-    --with-native-compilation \
-    $_confflags
-  make NATIVE_FULL_AOT=1 bootstrap
+    ./configure \
+      --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 \
+      --with-native-compilation \
+      $_confflags
+    make NATIVE_FULL_AOT=1 bootstrap
+  fi
 
   cd ../${pkgbase}-${pkgver}-nox
   ./configure \