diff --git a/lang/ott/Makefile b/lang/ott/Makefile
index 52982e8d505d..e022d0717d74 100644
--- a/lang/ott/Makefile
+++ b/lang/ott/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,32 @@
 PORTNAME=	ott
 DISTVERSION=	0.33
 CATEGORIES=	lang
 
 MAINTAINER=	domagoj.stolfa@cl.cam.ac.uk
 COMMENT=	Tool for writing definitions of programming languages and calculi
 WWW=		https://github.com/ott-lang/ott
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENCE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${OCAMLFIND_DEPEND} \
 		ocaml-ocamlgraph>=0:math/ocaml-ocamlgraph
 
 USES=		gmake ocaml
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ott-lang
 
 ALL_TARGET=	world
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/ott
 
+.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
+
+.if ${ARCH} == powerpc
+USE_BINUTILS=	yes
+.endif
+
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/bin/ott ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>