diff --git a/kitty/.SRCINFO b/kitty/.SRCINFO
index 72bcd6e401..b7f80ff1a7 100644
--- a/kitty/.SRCINFO
+++ b/kitty/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = kitty
 	pkgdesc = A modern, hackable, featureful, OpenGL-based terminal emulator
-	pkgver = 0.38.1
+	pkgver = 0.39.0
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty
 	arch = x86_64
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ pkgbase = kitty
 	depends = xxhash
 	depends = zlib
 	options = !lto
-	source = https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases/download/v0.38.1/kitty-0.38.1.tar.xz
-	source = https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases/download/v0.38.1/kitty-0.38.1.tar.xz.sig
+	source = https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases/download/v0.39.0/kitty-0.39.0.tar.xz
+	source = https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases/download/v0.39.0/kitty-0.39.0.tar.xz.sig
 	validpgpkeys = 3CE1780F78DD88DF45194FD706BC317B515ACE7C
-	b2sums = 3cb8cdd8ecdefcbc0317c0ab343df8a71d257f34e0fd961bf9a5991a0a259545cc87adbc4931330eb7ec380608a67a68690f704c35469a57cc82c119bde5d3cb
+	b2sums = bd9bc47e58824e18c9dd61ab83f8322abcd7b296902dde3e4bb66516b7d83991fce45d3f4580cd9cfb26f7f51f427e0f2a47dfbf695e2236b5f7042643c672fc
 	b2sums = SKIP
 
 pkgname = kitty
diff --git a/kitty/PKGBUILD b/kitty/PKGBUILD
index fc06f3b09c..6040ccece1 100644
--- a/kitty/PKGBUILD
+++ b/kitty/PKGBUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 pkgbase=kitty
 pkgname=(kitty kitty-terminfo kitty-shell-integration)
-pkgver=0.38.1
+pkgver=0.39.0
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A modern, hackable, featureful, OpenGL-based terminal emulator"
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le riscv64)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ makedepends=(
 )
 options=("!lto")
 source=("https://github.com/kovidgoyal/${pkgbase}/releases/download/v${pkgver}/${pkgbase}-${pkgver}.tar.xz"{,.sig})
-b2sums=('3cb8cdd8ecdefcbc0317c0ab343df8a71d257f34e0fd961bf9a5991a0a259545cc87adbc4931330eb7ec380608a67a68690f704c35469a57cc82c119bde5d3cb'
+b2sums=('bd9bc47e58824e18c9dd61ab83f8322abcd7b296902dde3e4bb66516b7d83991fce45d3f4580cd9cfb26f7f51f427e0f2a47dfbf695e2236b5f7042643c672fc'
         'SKIP')
 validpgpkeys=('3CE1780F78DD88DF45194FD706BC317B515ACE7C') # Kovid Goyal
 
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ build() {
     export CGO_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
     export CGO_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
     export GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie -trimpath -ldflags=-linkmode=external -mod=readonly -modcacherw"
+    case "${CARCH}" in
+      powerpc64)
+       export GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie -trimpath -mod=readonly -modcacherw"
+      ;;
+    esac
+
     python3 setup.py linux-package --update-check-interval=0
 }