diff --git a/devel/ocaml-ulex/Makefile b/devel/ocaml-ulex/Makefile
index 4d0ff8ac1e62..e9251cbaf6d0 100644
--- a/devel/ocaml-ulex/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ocaml-ulex/Makefile
@@ -1,33 +1,39 @@
 PORTNAME=	ulex
 PORTVERSION=	1.1
 PORTREVISION=	4
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.cduce.org/download/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	ocaml-
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Lexer generator for Unicode and OCaml
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	ocamlbuild:devel/ocaml-ocamlbuild
 
 USES=		gmake ocaml:camlp4,findplist,ldconfig
 
 ALL_TARGET=	all all.opt
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 DOCSDIR=	${OCAML_DOCSDIR}/${PORTNAME}
 PORTDOCS=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 DOCS_ALL_TARGET=	doc
 
+.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
+
+.if ${ARCH} == powerpc
+USE_BINUTILS=	yes
+.endif
+
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/^let latin1_sub_lexeme/,+3 \
 		s,^  s,  Bytes.to_string s,' ${WRKSRC}/ulexing.ml
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/*.html ${WRKSRC}/*.css ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>