diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-x86_64-w64-mingw32/template b/srcpkgs/cross-x86_64-w64-mingw32/template
index 9aef3c54da0..9ab1b5b2b1c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-x86_64-w64-mingw32/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-x86_64-w64-mingw32/template
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ nostrip=yes
 nopie=yes
 nodebug=yes
 
+broken="configure: error: cannot compute suffix of object files: cannot compile"
+
 # https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/wiki2/Cross%20Win32%20and%20Win64%20compiler/
 # https://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html
 # http://mingw-w64.org/doku.php/configure