diff --git a/srcpkgs/hexchat/template b/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
index 8573282b9f5..00da2514de8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ esac
 lib32disabled=yes
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	broken="cross currently broken"
 	hostmakedepends+=" dbus-glib-devel libxml2-devel gdk-pixbuf perl"
 fi