diff --git a/srcpkgs/firefox/template b/srcpkgs/firefox/template
index 58cc021a39d..a8ba08719eb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/firefox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/firefox/template
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ if [ "$XBPS_WORDSIZE" = "32" ]; then
 	nodebug=yes
 fi
 
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" = i686 ]; then
+	broken="out of memory allocating 65536 bytes after a total of 1181696000 bytes"
+fi
+
 # we need this because cargo verifies checksums of all files in vendor
 # crates when it builds and gives us no way to override or update the
 # file sanely... so just clear out the file list