diff --git a/audio/flac/Makefile b/audio/flac/Makefile
index d7d9ee40d4f8..422615f18901 100644
--- a/audio/flac/Makefile
+++ b/audio/flac/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-static \
 		--disable-sse \
-		--disable-vsx \
 		--with-ogg="${LOCALBASE}" \
 		--disable-doxygen-docs \
 		--disable-thorough-tests \
@@ -41,6 +40,10 @@ OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=	nasm:devel/nasm
 .endif
 
+.if ${ARCH} != powerpc64le
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--disable-vsx
+.endif
+
 post-install:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} 's:%%PREFIX%%:${PREFIX}:' \
 	    ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/man/man1/flac.1