diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac

index 2084475..9789a50 100644

--- a/configure.ac

+++ b/configure.ac

@@ -265,12 +265,12 @@ fi

 AC_SUBST(GEOCLUE_DBUS_INTERFACE_XML)

 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

-dnl - wacom (disabled for s390/s390x and non Linux platforms)

+dnl - wacom (disabled for s390/s390x, ppc/ppc64 and non Linux platforms)

 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

 case $host_os in

   linux*)

-    if test "$host_cpu" = s390 -o "$host_cpu" = s390x; then

+    if test "$host_cpu" = s390 -o "$host_cpu" = s390x -o "$host_cpu" = powerpc -o "$host_cpu" = ppc -o "$host_cpu" = powerpc64 -o "$host_cpu" = ppc64 ; then

       have_wacom=no

     else

       if test x$enable_gudev != xno; then