diff --git a/srcpkgs/freetds/template b/srcpkgs/freetds/template
index 137525e769a..6a93af99ebb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/freetds/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/freetds/template
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ homepage="http://www.freetds.org/"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.freetds.org/pub/freetds/stable/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=153c7800f1abf2a6c254e0acbaa618e683e84dbe66f5d156d46d5ce5b280ae32
 
+broken="freetds.org: Transient resolver failure"
+
 freetds-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"