diff --git a/java/openjdk17/Makefile b/java/openjdk17/Makefile
index 078431d0c568..7bff8737c992 100644
--- a/java/openjdk17/Makefile
+++ b/java/openjdk17/Makefile
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ JDK_BUILD_TYPE=		release
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 BOOTSTRAP_JDKS=	${LOCALBASE}/openjdk17
-.if ${ARCH} == aarch64 || ${ARCH} == amd64
+.if ${ARCH} == aarch64 || ${ARCH} == amd64 || (defined(PPC_ABI) && ${PPC_ABI} == ELFv2)
 BOOTSTRAP_JDKS+=	${LOCALBASE}/bootstrap-openjdk17
 .endif
 BOOTSTRAP_JDKS+=	${LOCALBASE}/openjdk16
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ BOOTSTRAPJDKDIR=	${BJDK}
 
 # if no valid jdk found, set dependency
 .if !defined(BOOTSTRAPJDKDIR)
-.  if ${ARCH} == aarch64 || ${ARCH} == amd64
+.  if ${ARCH} == aarch64 || ${ARCH} == amd64 || (defined(PPC_ABI) && ${PPC_ABI} == ELFv2)
 BOOTSTRAPJDKDIR?=	${LOCALBASE}/bootstrap-openjdk17
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=		${BOOTSTRAPJDKDIR}/bin/javac:java/bootstrap-openjdk17
 .  else