diff --git a/srcpkgs/bootiso/template b/srcpkgs/bootiso/template
index 11cc5663d28..da397bca8a5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bootiso/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bootiso/template
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ changelog="https://github.com/jsamr/bootiso/raw/master/changelog.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/jsamr/bootiso/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=50d3d4ce855db8b3328e4f7bbe677de2531a341276cc2b546e5fefc9f593a9f9
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	i686*|x86_64*) ;;
+	*) broken="requires syslinux which is not available on $XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" ;;
+esac
+
 do_install() {
 	vbin bootiso
 }