diff --git a/textproc/ocaml-expat/Makefile b/textproc/ocaml-expat/Makefile
index 3cf33f9c5e31..bf2ada1ae2de 100644
--- a/textproc/ocaml-expat/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/ocaml-expat/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,34 @@
 PORTNAME=	expat
 PORTVERSION=	0.9.1
 PORTREVISION=	6
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.xs4all.nl/~mmzeeman/ocaml/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	ocaml-
 DISTNAME=	${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Stub for the expat parser in OCaml
 WWW=		https://www.xs4all.nl/~mmzeeman/ocaml
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libexpat.so:textproc/expat2
 
 USES=		gmake ocaml:findlib,ldconfig
 
 MAKE_ARGS=	EXPAT_LIBDIR=${LOCALBASE}/lib \
 		EXPAT_INCDIR=${LOCALBASE}/include \
 		CAML_INCDIR=${LOCALBASE}/lib/ocaml
 ALL_TARGET=	all allopt doc
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
+.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
+
+.if ${ARCH} == powerpc
+USE_BINUTILS=	yes
+.endif
+
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/doc/* ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>