diff --git a/devel/tex-libtexluajit/Makefile b/devel/tex-libtexluajit/Makefile
index eb892aa3a9e5..58d700659c29 100644
--- a/devel/tex-libtexluajit/Makefile
+++ b/devel/tex-libtexluajit/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	libtexluajit
 PORTVERSION=	2.0.3
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	TEX_CTAN/systems/texlive/Source/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	tex-
 DISTNAME=	texlive-20150521-source
 DIST_SUBDIR=	TeX
 
 MAINTAINER=	freebsd-tex@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	LuaJIT library for TeXLive
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LuaJIT-2.0.3/COPYRIGHT
 
 BROKEN_aarch64=		Does not configure: error: Sorry, cannot preprocess lj_arch.h
 BROKEN_mips=		Does not configure: error: Sorry, cannot preprocess lj_arch.h
 BROKEN_mips64=		Does not configure: error: Sorry, cannot preprocess lj_arch.h
 BROKEN_powerpc64=	Does not build: uninitialized constant Config (NameError)
 BROKEN_riscv64=		Does not configure: error: Sorry, cannot preprocess lj_arch.h
 BROKEN_sparc64=		Does not configure: error: Sorry, cannot preprocess lj_arch.h
 
 USES=		tar:xz libtool pathfix pkgconfig
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS=	${EXTRACT_FILES:S,^,${DISTNAME}/,}
 EXTRACT_FILES=		build-aux libs/luajit
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/libs/luajit
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
+.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
+
+.if ${ARCH} == powerpc
+USES+=		compiler:gcc-c++11-lib
+.endif
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>