diff --git a/srcpkgs/erlang/template b/srcpkgs/erlang/template
index bf9be412e67..98c07c22c29 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/erlang/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/erlang/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=erlang
 version=21.2.6
 revision=1
 create_wrksrc=yes
-build_wrksrc=otp-OTP-${version}
+build_wrksrc="otp-OTP-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="$(vopt_if x11 --with-wx-config=wx-config-3.0)"
 make_install_target="install install-docs"
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="http://www.erlang.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/erlang/otp/archive/OTP-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum="aa0b95031e7c01af8a7042a00974ab16ed8fec305a68d7dbaa4185e5d58ef4d5"
+checksum=aa0b95031e7c01af8a7042a00974ab16ed8fec305a68d7dbaa4185e5d58ef4d5
 
 build_options="x11"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	x86_64-musl) broken="dlvsym not available" ;;
+easc
+
 pre_configure() {
 	./otp_build autoconf
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then