diff --git a/games-emulation/mednafen/mednafen-1.32.1.ebuild b/games-emulation/mednafen/mednafen-1.32.1.ebuild
index ae13115bf6d38..770589ee35fdd 100644
--- a/games-emulation/mednafen/mednafen-1.32.1.ebuild
+++ b/games-emulation/mednafen/mednafen-1.32.1.ebuild
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE="alsa cpu_flags_ppc_altivec flac jack"
+REQUIRED_USE="ppc64? ( cpu_flags_ppc_altivec )" #969598
 
 RDEPEND="
 	app-arch/zstd:=