diff --git a/srcpkgs/sequoia-sq/template b/srcpkgs/sequoia-sq/template
index d6aeb727da6..3a7b8fc1987 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sequoia-sq/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sequoia-sq/template
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ version=0.34.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cargo
 build_helper=qemu
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config llvm clang capnproto"
-makedepends="nettle-devel openssl-devel sqlite-devel capnproto-devel"
+_deps="nettle-devel openssl-devel sqlite-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config llvm clang ${_deps} capnproto"
+makedepends="${_deps} capnproto-devel"
 short_desc="Command-line frontend for Sequoia, a new OpenPGP implementation"
 maintainer="classabbyamp <void@placeviolette.net>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
@@ -15,6 +16,10 @@ distfiles="https://gitlab.com/sequoia-pgp/sequoia-sq/-/archive/v${version}/sequo
 checksum=6458274008ef06362c912eb67e285b734906acdb5c56e8490144f45bc1b81d51
 conflicts="squirrel"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	armv*l) nocross="Requires C libs included in build.rs, which is currently broken in xbps-src. These failures only manifest on a hf archs right now";;
+esac
+
 pre_build() {
 	export ASSET_OUT_DIR=assets
 }