diff --git a/audio/cava/Makefile b/audio/cava/Makefile
index 79a3c2bcbd1f..4a8f23afd99f 100644
--- a/audio/cava/Makefile
+++ b/audio/cava/Makefile
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ COMMENT=	Console-based Audio Visualizer for MPD, PulseAudio, and sndio
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to compile: cc1: unrecognized command line option -Wno-unused-result
-
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfftw3.so:math/fftw3 \
 		libiniparser.so:devel/iniparser
 
@@ -38,9 +36,6 @@ PULSEAUDIO_LIB_DEPENDS=		libpulse-simple.so:audio/pulseaudio \
 SNDIO_CONFIGURE_ENV_OFF=	ac_cv_lib_sndio_sio_open=no
 SNDIO_LIB_DEPENDS=		libsndio.so:audio/sndio
 
-post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} '/^cava_font/d' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.am
-
 pre-configure:
 	@${ECHO_CMD} ${DISTVERSION} > ${WRKSRC}/version
 
diff --git a/audio/cava/files/patch-Makefile.am b/audio/cava/files/patch-Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..856c041e469b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/cava/files/patch-Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+- Remove some flags that gcc 4.2 (on tier 2 archs like powerpc)
+  does not recognize
+- Do not install the Linux-only font
+
+--- Makefile.am.orig	2018-09-10 08:31:56 UTC
++++ Makefile.am
+@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ cava_LDADD = -liniparser
+ cava_LDFLAGS = -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath /usr/local/lib
+ cava_CPPFLAGS = -DPACKAGE=\"$(PACKAGE)\" -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" \
+            -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D _POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L
+-cava_CFLAGS = -std=c99 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-result -Wno-maybe-uninitialized 
++cava_CFLAGS = -std=c99 -Wall -Wextra
+ 
+-cava_font_dir = @FONT_DIR@
+-cava_font__DATA = cava.psf
+ 
+ if !SYSTEM_LIBINIPARSER
+     cava_SOURCES += iniparser/libiniparser.la