diff --git a/profiles/arch/powerpc/package.use.stable.mask b/profiles/arch/powerpc/package.use.stable.mask
index 914c980131d19..23d9d45966ee1 100644
--- a/profiles/arch/powerpc/package.use.stable.mask
+++ b/profiles/arch/powerpc/package.use.stable.mask
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 
 #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
 
+# Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> (18 Sep 2018)
+# >=media-video/libav-12 not stable yet, bug #617508
+media-video/vlc libav
+
 # Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (26 Aug 2018)
 # Non-stable dependency.  Used to be masked completely.
 media-sound/abcde replaygain