diff --git a/devel/ocaml-camlp4/Makefile b/devel/ocaml-camlp4/Makefile
index 5103db031b23..5dc4d5b4a8ea 100644
--- a/devel/ocaml-camlp4/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ocaml-camlp4/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	camlp4
 PORTVERSION=	4.14+1
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	ocaml-
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	System for writing extensible parsers for OCaml
 WWW=		https://github.com/ocaml/camlp4
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL20
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	ocamlbuild:devel/ocaml-ocamlbuild
 
 USES=		gmake ocaml
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ocaml
 
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
 MAKE_ENV+=	DESTDIR="${STAGEDIR}"
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=yes
 ALL_TARGET=	all camlp4/META
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install install-META
 
+.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
+
+.if ${ARCH} == powerpc
+USE_BINUTILS=	yes
+.endif
+
 post-install:
 .for f in camlp4o camlp4of camlp4oof camlp4orf camlp4r camlp4rf
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${f}.opt
 .endfor
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>