diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
index a74fe0e9d0..6e001ce1f3 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ RDEPENDS:packagegroup-meta-oe-dbs ="\
     soci \
     sqlite \
 "
+RDEPENDS:packagegroup-meta-oe-dbs:remove:libc-musl:powerpc = "rocksdb"
 
 RDEPENDS:packagegroup-meta-oe-dbs-python2 ="\
     ${@bb.utils.contains("BBFILE_COLLECTIONS", "meta-python2", bb.utils.contains('I_SWEAR_TO_MIGRATE_TO_PYTHON3', 'yes', 'mysql-python', '', d), "", d)} \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/rocksdb/rocksdb_6.20.3.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/rocksdb/rocksdb_6.20.3.bb
index 205ae1dfc9..2ad2d38a53 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/rocksdb/rocksdb_6.20.3.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/rocksdb/rocksdb_6.20.3.bb
@@ -52,3 +52,7 @@ do_install:append() {
 }
 
 LDFLAGS:append:riscv64 = " -pthread"
+
+# Need toku_time_now() implemented for ppc/musl
+# see utilities/transactions/lock/range/range_tree/lib/portability/toku_time.h
+COMPATIBLE_HOST:libc-musl:powerpc = "null"