diff --git a/textproc/pdfsandwich/Makefile b/textproc/pdfsandwich/Makefile
index 2557f6c7ea49..cbb25d12f87a 100644
--- a/textproc/pdfsandwich/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/pdfsandwich/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	pdfsandwich
 DISTVERSION=	0.1.7
 PORTREVISION=	42
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/pdfsandwich%20${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Command line tool generating "sandwich" OCR pdf files
 WWW=		https://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfsandwich
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	gawk:lang/gawk \
 		ocamlopt:lang/ocaml
 RUN_DEPENDS=	pdfunite:graphics/poppler-utils \
 		tesseract:graphics/tesseract \
 		unpaper:graphics/unpaper
 
 USES=		gmake ghostscript:run magick:6,run tar:bz2
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/pdfsandwich \
 		man/man1/pdfsandwich.1.gz
 
+.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
+
+.if ${ARCH} == powerpc
+USE_BINUTILS=	yes
+.endif
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>