diff --git a/misc/tvm/Makefile b/misc/tvm/Makefile
index 9902257cc330..95d9f0b5117f 100644
--- a/misc/tvm/Makefile
+++ b/misc/tvm/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,48 @@
 PORTNAME=	tvm
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	0.9.0
 CATEGORIES=	misc # machine-learning
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Deep learning compiler stack for cpu, gpu and specialized accelerators
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	dmlc-core>0:devel/dmlc-core \
 		rang>0:devel/rang
 TEST_DEPENDS=	googletest>0:devel/googletest
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++11-lang localbase
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 GH_ACCOUNT=	apache
 GH_PROJECT=	tvm
 GH_TUPLE=	dmlc:dlpack:ddeb264:dlpack/3rdparty/dlpack
 
 CMAKE_ON=	INSTALL_DEV # Install compiler infrastructure (as opposed to runtime-only)
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DDMLC_PATH=${LOCALBASE}/include -DRANG_PATH=${LOCALBASE}/include
 CMAKE_TESTING_TARGET=	cpptest
 
 LDFLAGS+=	-lexecinfo
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		LLVM
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	LLVM
 
 LLVM_VERSION=		${LLVM_DEFAULT}
 LLVM_DESC=		With LLVM support for model compilation
 LLVM_CMAKE_ON=		-DUSE_LLVM=${LOCALBASE}/bin/llvm-config${LLVM_VERSION}
 LLVM_BUILD_DEPENDS=	llvm-config${LLVM_VERSION}:devel/llvm${LLVM_VERSION}
 LLVM_RUN_DEPENDS=	llvm-config${LLVM_VERSION}:devel/llvm${LLVM_VERSION}
 
+.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
+
+.if ${ARCH} == powerpc || ${ARCH} == powerpc64
+CMAKE_ARGS+=	-DUSE_RPC:BOOL=OFF
+.endif
+
 post-test:
 	@cd ${TEST_WRKSRC} && ./cpptest
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>