diff --git a/libqt5-qtbase.changes b/libqt5-qtbase.changes
index 1dd118a..4aeecd0 100644
--- a/libqt5-qtbase.changes
+++ b/libqt5-qtbase.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec 12 14:54:22 UTC 2013 - uweigand@de.ibm.com
+
+- Do not force -javascript-jit on ppc platforms that do not support it.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 12 12:28:46 UTC 2013 - hrvoje.senjan@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/libqt5-qtbase.spec b/libqt5-qtbase.spec
index e164c88..c446ad8 100644
--- a/libqt5-qtbase.spec
+++ b/libqt5-qtbase.spec
@@ -390,7 +390,9 @@ echo yes | ./configure $platform \
 	-xsync \
 	-xinput \
 	-gtkstyle \
+%ifnarch ppc ppc64 ppc64le
 	-javascript-jit \
+%endif
 	-xcb \
 	-egl \
 	-eglfs \