diff --git a/package/base/ltrace/ltrace.conf b/package/base/ltrace/ltrace.conf
index 56aa7ff83..bc0cf0e7d 100644
--- a/package/base/ltrace/ltrace.conf
+++ b/package/base/ltrace/ltrace.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-var_append makeopt ' ' 'ARCH=$arch_machine'
-var_append makeinstopt ' ' 'ARCH=$arch_machine'
+ltrace_machine="$( echo $arch_machine | \
+	sed -e"s,i.86,i386," -e"s,powerpc,ppc," )"
+
+var_append makeopt ' ' 'ARCH=$ltrace_machine'
+var_append makeinstopt ' ' 'ARCH=$ltrace_machine'