diff --git a/www/jericho-html/Makefile b/www/jericho-html/Makefile
index e101e826f78d..5e1ce2349f51 100644
--- a/www/jericho-html/Makefile
+++ b/www/jericho-html/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF/jerichohtml/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
 MAINTAINER=	saper@saper.info
 COMMENT=	Java library to analyse and manipulate HTML
 
+BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to compile: src/java/net/htmlparser/jericho/Renderer.java:372: unmappable character for encoding ASCII
+
 USES=		zip
 USE_JAVA=	yes