diff --git a/dev-libs/libgcrypt/files/libgcrypt-powerpc-darwin.patch b/dev-libs/libgcrypt/files/libgcrypt-powerpc-darwin.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f1c7cf9e95009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/libgcrypt/files/libgcrypt-powerpc-darwin.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Drop guard for CPU detection, configure won't get this wrong, and this
+check fails on some PPC platforms where these guards aren't set (due to
+different kernel/libc).
+
+--- a/src/hwf-ppc.c
++++ b/src/hwf-ppc.c
+@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
+ #include "g10lib.h"
+ #include "hwf-common.h"
+ 
+-#if !defined (__powerpc__) && !defined (__powerpc64__)
+-# error Module build for wrong CPU.
+-#endif
+ 
+ 
+ #if defined(HAVE_SYS_AUXV_H) && defined(HAVE_ELF_AUX_INFO) && \
diff --git a/dev-libs/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.9.4.ebuild b/dev-libs/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.9.4.ebuild
index 584154b6ff2de..544ba718baee5 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.9.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.9.4.ebuild
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ BDEPEND="doc? ( virtual/texi2dvi )"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-multilib-syspath.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-powerpc-darwin.patch
 )
 
 MULTILIB_CHOST_TOOLS=(