diff --git a/srcpkgs/apache-jmeter/template b/srcpkgs/apache-jmeter/template
index d89be6346d2..3c5de75a250 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/apache-jmeter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/apache-jmeter/template
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ homepage="https://jmeter.apache.org/"
 distfiles="http://apache.osuosl.org/jmeter/source/apache-jmeter-${version}_src.tgz"
 checksum=727d7c0cf2b72c0c3983c603a6700df7b797dbcbf19dcd7fa2aa457627324ff0
 
+case "$XBPS_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	ppc*|arm*|mips*) broken="too slow" ;;
+esac
+
 do_build() {
 	# Tests fail -- they are too dependent on networking environment
 	gradle -PchecksumIgnore -x test createDist