diff --git a/mplayer-ppc-compile.patch b/mplayer-ppc-compile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d9d60e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mplayer-ppc-compile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff -up mplayer-export-2009-02-04/libswscale/swscale.c.ppc-compile mplayer-export-2009-02-04/libswscale/swscale.c
+--- mplayer-export-2009-02-04/libswscale/swscale.c.ppc-compile	2009-01-25 20:58:33.000000000 +0100
++++ mplayer-export-2009-02-04/libswscale/swscale.c	2009-02-13 15:00:57.000000000 +0100
+@@ -955,13 +955,12 @@ static inline void yuv2rgbXinC_full(SwsC
+ 
+ //Note: we have C, X86, MMX, MMX2, 3DNOW versions, there is no 3DNOW+MMX2 one
+ //Plain C versions
+-#if !HAVE_MMX || defined (RUNTIME_CPUDETECT) || !CONFIG_GPL
++#if !HAVE_MMX || !HAVE_ALTIVEC || defined (RUNTIME_CPUDETECT) || !CONFIG_GPL
+ #define COMPILE_C
+ #endif
+ 
+ #if ARCH_PPC
+ #if (HAVE_ALTIVEC || defined (RUNTIME_CPUDETECT)) && CONFIG_GPL
+-#undef COMPILE_C
+ #define COMPILE_ALTIVEC
+ #endif
+ #endif //ARCH_PPC
diff --git a/mplayer.spec b/mplayer.spec
index 7114b80..8878d78 100644
--- a/mplayer.spec
+++ b/mplayer.spec
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Source0:        http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-%{version}%{pre
 %endif
 Source1:        http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/skins/Blue-1.7.tar.bz2
 Source10:       mplayer-snapshot.sh
+Patch1:         %{name}-ppc-compile.patch
 Patch2:         %{name}-config.patch
 Patch5:         %{name}-x86_32-compile.patch
 Patch8:         %{name}-manlinks.patch
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ MPlayer documentation in various languages.
 %else
 %setup -q -n MPlayer-%{version}%{pre}
 %endif
+%patch1 -p1 -b .ppc-compile
 %patch2 -p1 -b .config
 %patch5 -p1 -b .compile
 %patch8 -p1 -b .manlinks
@@ -344,6 +346,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 - dropped obsolete patch
 - dropped obsolete BR
 - dropped redundant altivec CFLAGS on ppc
+- fixed build on ppc
 
 * Wed Jan 07 2009 Dominik Mierzejewski <rpm at greysector.net> - 1.0-0.105.20090107svn
 - 20090107 snapshot