diff --git a/lang/gcc12/Makefile b/lang/gcc12/Makefile
index 54f8ce6eba02d..5186acf22fd06 100644
--- a/lang/gcc12/Makefile
+++ b/lang/gcc12/Makefile
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ EXTRACT_CMD=    ${SETENV} LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/bsdtar
 .if ${ARCH} == amd64
 CONFIGURE_TARGET=	x86_64-portbld-${OPSYS:tl}${OSREL}
 
-.elif defined(PPC_ABI) && ${PPC_ABI} == ELFv2
+.elif ${ARCH} == powerpc64
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-abi=elfv2
 .endif