diff --git a/package/kvazaar/Config.in b/package/kvazaar/Config.in
index fb9736920f..558d161e12 100644
--- a/package/kvazaar/Config.in
+++ b/package/kvazaar/Config.in
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_KVAZAAR
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
+	# use deprecated altivec vec_lvsl()
+	depends on !BR2_powerpc && !BR2_powerpc64 && !BR2_powerpc64le
 	help
 	  An open-source HEVC encoder licensed under LGPLv2.1
 
 	  https://github.com/ultravideo/kvazaar
 
 comment "kvazaar needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
+	depends on !BR2_powerpc && !BR2_powerpc64 && !BR2_powerpc64le
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS