diff --git a/devel/glib20/Makefile b/devel/glib20/Makefile
index 947bfb839b3f..acf729310312 100644
--- a/devel/glib20/Makefile
+++ b/devel/glib20/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ OPTIONS=	COLLATION_FIX "fix string collation" off
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
+.if ${ARCH} == powerpc64
+EXTRA_PATCHES=	${.CURDIR}/files/extra-arch-powerpc64
+.endif
+
 # Let glib use asm code for implementing atomic ops on i386 and amd64.
 .if ${ARCH} == "i386"
 GLIB_ARCH=	i486
diff --git a/devel/glib20/files/extra-arch-powerpc64 b/devel/glib20/files/extra-arch-powerpc64
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d774ebd6b7b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/glib20/files/extra-arch-powerpc64
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+--- gio/glib-compile-schemas.c.orig	2010-11-24 21:32:15.000000000 +0100
++++ gio/glib-compile-schemas.c	2010-11-24 21:33:42.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1458,7 +1458,7 @@
+ }
+ /* Text {{{2 */
+ static void
+-text (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
++XXXtext (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
+       const gchar          *text,
+       gsize                 text_len,
+       gpointer              user_data,
+@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@
+ parse_gschema_files (gchar    **files,
+                      gboolean   strict)
+ {
+-  GMarkupParser parser = { start_element, end_element, text };
++  GMarkupParser parser = { start_element, end_element, XXXtext };
+   ParseState state = { 0, };
+   const gchar *filename;
+   GError *error = NULL;
+
+