diff --git a/package/jpeg/Config.in b/package/jpeg/Config.in
index 170e58c5d9..e2a3fd0e35 100644
--- a/package/jpeg/Config.in
+++ b/package/jpeg/Config.in
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
 # jpeg-turbo has simd support for some architectures
 config BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG_SIMD_SUPPORT
        bool
-       default y if BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_MMX || BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_NEON
+       default y if BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_MMX || BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_NEON || \
+		 BR2_POWERPC_CPU_HAS_ALTIVEC
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG