diff --git a/srcpkgs/rocq/template b/srcpkgs/rocq/template
index 4f59321a5ba..93406022909 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rocq/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rocq/template
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ nocross=yes
 make_check=ci-skip  # takes long and has some faults
 replaces="coq>=0"
 
+if [ "$XBPS_WORDSIZE" = 32 ]; then
+	broken="Not enough heap memory to reserve minor heaps"
+fi
+
 do_patch() {
 	if ! command -v ocamlc.opt >/dev/null; then
 		# see coq/coq#18609