diff --git a/srcpkgs/openjdk11/template b/srcpkgs/openjdk11/template
index ba11f44a43c..f164f5de741 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openjdk11/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openjdk11/template
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@ provides="java-environment-${version}_1"
 disable_parallel_build=yes
 build_options="docs"
 
-# no hotspot JIT for ppc32
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	ppc64*) ;;
+	# no hotspot JIT for ppc32
 	ppc*) _use_zero=yes ;;
+	armv[56]*) broken="Unsupported architecture" ;;
 esac
 
 if [ -n "$_use_zero" ]; then