diff --git a/games/darkplaces/Makefile b/games/darkplaces/Makefile
index c1576fa53bf0..0b46769ae463 100644
--- a/games/darkplaces/Makefile
+++ b/games/darkplaces/Makefile
@@ -87,4 +87,10 @@ do-install:
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/darkplaces.txt ${DOCSDIR}
 .endif
 
-.include <bsd.port.mk>
+.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
+
+.if ${ARCH} == "ia64" || ${ARCH} == "powerpc" || ${ARCH} == "sparc64"
+BROKEN=		Does not compile on ia64, powerpc, or sparc64: unrecognized command line option "-msse2"
+.endif
+
+.include <bsd.port.post.mk>