diff --git a/srcpkgs/gxi/template b/srcpkgs/gxi/template
index 23b6cbfef02..1395af31955 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gxi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gxi/template
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/Cogitri/gxi/releases/download/v${version}/gxi-${ve
 checksum=b094c966fe79ec23e6b8cfcbae459b003255606084deed44dd60b60ec0035ed6
 nocross="Meson x Cargo"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	x86_64-musl) broken="couldn't compile gxi";;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }