diff --git a/python/python-greenlet/PKGBUILD b/python/python-greenlet/PKGBUILD
index 394bf52c7c..13cad5f1de 100644
--- a/python/python-greenlet/PKGBUILD
+++ b/python/python-greenlet/PKGBUILD
@@ -17,11 +17,21 @@ checkdepends=('python-objgraph' 'python-psutil')
 source=("https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/g/greenlet/greenlet-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha512sums=('915a6e22c20b235de472c61c7bc4cb60a08b79e29127c4fb817c362cee37f589bc362f12ed31bdc7dda91f49976d4e2784c8d13202bf598156a0aacacdb7f6fb')
 
+prepare() {
+    cd greenlet-$pkgver
+    sed -i -e 's:global_compile_args[.]append.*:pass:' setup.py
+}
+
 build() {
     cd greenlet-$pkgver
+    
     case "${CARCH}" in
-      powerpc64*) export CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" ;;
+      powerpc64)
+        export CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
+        export CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
+      ;;
     esac
+
     python -m build --wheel --skip-dependency-check --no-isolation
 }