diff --git a/devel/liboil/Makefile b/devel/liboil/Makefile
index 6b68dbba7fba..454b13c17d46 100644
--- a/devel/liboil/Makefile
+++ b/devel/liboil/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
 # Created by: ijliao
 #    $MCom: ports/devel/liboil/Makefile,v 1.7 2008/03/23 06:57:57 marcus Exp $
 
 PORTNAME=	liboil
 PORTVERSION=	0.3.17
 PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	http://liboil.freedesktop.org/download/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library of optimized inner loops
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE BSD3CLAUSE MIT
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 
 USES=		libtool pathfix pkgconfig
 PATHFIX_MAKEFILEIN=	configure
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-gtk-doc \
 		--disable-glib
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 CFLAGS:=	${CFLAGS:N-O*} -O2
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
-.if defined(PPC_ABI) && ${PPC_ABI} == ELFv2
+.if (defined(PPC_ABI) && ${PPC_ABI} == ELFv2) || ${ARCH} == powerpc
 USES+=		compiler:gcc-c++11-lib
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>