diff --git a/srcpkgs/fractal/template b/srcpkgs/fractal/template
index 1ecaa220198..15ea1abe23f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fractal/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fractal/template
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ checksum=64b84201976818d148a20351e4fcccc426739ccbfba485b911ca7625c559338f
 
 export PATH="$PATH:$XBPS_BUILDDIR/${pkgname}-${version}/node_modules/.bin"
 
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" = 32 ]; then
+	broken="runs out of memory when linking"
+fi
+
 post_patch() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		vsed -i src/meson.build \