diff --git a/helpers/make-thunderbird b/helpers/make-thunderbird
index 78e2151f9de4355ca47c2fcd06245b27963015c8..50720695c359300f05ea0d091f1c5ed6deabd3a4 100644
--- a/helpers/make-thunderbird
+++ b/helpers/make-thunderbird
@@ -125,9 +125,11 @@ sed 's/com.ubuntu/org.trisquel/' -i debian/config/mozconfig.in
 cat << ARCH >> debian/config/mozconfig.in
 %%if DEB_HOST_ARCH != armhf
 %%if DEB_HOST_ARCH != arm64
+%%if DEB_HOST_ARCH != ppc64el
 ac_add_options --disable-eme
 %%endif
 %%endif
+%%endif
 ARCH
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