diff --git a/math/teyjus/Makefile b/math/teyjus/Makefile
index 37a29e3dbaf3..f51fb4d9ae59 100644
--- a/math/teyjus/Makefile
+++ b/math/teyjus/Makefile
@@ -1,41 +1,47 @@
 PORTNAME=	teyjus
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	2.1-7
 DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-ge63f40a
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	math lang
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Higher-order logic programming language Lambda Prolog
 WWW=		http://teyjus.cs.umn.edu/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	omake:devel/omake \
 		bash:shells/bash
 
 USES=		dos2unix ocaml shebangfix
 DOS2UNIX_FILES=	source/OMakefile
 SHEBANG_GLOB=	run_test
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 
 CFLAGS+=	-Wno-error=comment
 EXES=		tjcc tjdepend tjdis tjlink tjsim
 PLIST_FILES=	${EXES:S/^/bin\//}
 
+.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
+
+.if ${ARCH} == powerpc
+USE_BINUTILS=	yes
+.endif
+
 # replacing bundled and outdated OCaml headers with a symlink to
 # the current headers
 post-patch:
 	${RM} -r ${WRKSRC}/source/front/caml
 	${LN} -s ${LOCALBASE}/${OCAML_LIBDIR}/caml ${WRKSRC}/source/front/caml
 
 do-build:
 	@(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENVI} ${WRK_ENV} ${MAKE_ENV} omake)
 
 do-install:
 .for e in ${EXES}
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/source/${e}.opt ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${e}
 .endfor
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>