diff --git a/srcpkgs/difftastic/template b/srcpkgs/difftastic/template
index 7aa5f193d58..dd02202b45d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/difftastic/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/difftastic/template
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ checksum=474dabe2b6d343167942e42312b0ce420f8f6dc8245b951c8874208cbafc4a7d
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
 	XBPS_CROSS_RUSTFLAGS+=" -latomic"
+	if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		broken="how is this supposed to even work"
+	fi
 fi
 
 post_install() {