diff --git a/src/include/wlan/wlan_compat.h b/src/include/wlan/wlan_compat.h
index b74e976..70f1a28 100644
--- a/src/include/wlan/wlan_compat.h
+++ b/src/include/wlan/wlan_compat.h
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@
 	#define WLAN_PCI			3
 	#define WLAN_USB			4
 
+/* LinuxPPC users! uncomment the following line to build for LinuxPPC */
+/*   a header file change has created a small problem that will be fixed */
+/*   in the next release.  For the time being we can't automagically */
+/*   detect LinuxPPC */
+
+/* #define CONFIG_PPC 1 */
+
+
 /* Lets try to figure out what we've got. */
 #if defined(__LINUX_WLAN__) && defined(__KERNEL__)
 	#define WLAN_OS				WLAN_LINUX_KERNEL