diff --git a/doxygen.spec b/doxygen.spec
index 72b51aa..2858dd6 100644
--- a/doxygen.spec
+++ b/doxygen.spec
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ are used by doxygen.
 
 %build
 unset QTDIR
+# workaround for "Error: operand out of range", language.cpp needs to be splitted
+%ifarch ppc64
+sed -i -e "s|-o ../objects/language.o|-fno-merge-constants -fsection-anchors -o ../objects/language.o|"
+%endif
+
 ./configure \
    --prefix %{_prefix} \
    --shared \