diff --git a/textproc/bibtex2html/Makefile b/textproc/bibtex2html/Makefile
index c896a331cbc0..34f097072d18 100644
--- a/textproc/bibtex2html/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/bibtex2html/Makefile
@@ -30,4 +30,10 @@ PDFDOCS_USE=	TEX=latex:build
 PDFDOCS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	doc
 PDFDOCS_INSTALL_TARGET=	install install-doc
 
+.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
+
+.if ${ARCH} == powerpc
+USE_BINUTILS=	yes
+.endif
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>