diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.1910.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.1910.0.bb
index 89ccc6d751..e8afae4ef2 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.1910.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.1910.0.bb
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ inherit autotools pkgconfig systemd update-rc.d ptest
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-generate-man-pages ap_cv_atomic_builtins=yes"
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--enable-imfile-tests"
 EXTRA_OECONF_remove_mipsarch = "ap_cv_atomic_builtins=yes"
+EXTRA_OECONF_remove_powerpc = "ap_cv_atomic_builtins=yes"
 
 # first line is default yes in configure
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= " \