diff --git a/srcpkgs/vscode/template b/srcpkgs/vscode/template
index b01687f7631..d588f6e4aee 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vscode/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vscode/template
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.
 checksum=b7fcf4fce5ce31669e93240783ff9ecfbe6d239bb2446c5eb3c11900d430a727
 nocross=yes # x64 build does not cut it, it contains native code
 
+# Build fails on `yarn run gulp vscode-linux-x64-min`
+# See, e.g., https://build.voidlinux.org/builders/x86_64-musl_builder/builds/50400/steps/shell_3/logs/stdio
+broken="EMFILE: too many open files"
+
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" = "32" ]; then
 	broken="FATAL ERROR: CALL_AND_RETRY_LAST Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory"
 fi