diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/template
index 7e58d339674..aca87aed373 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/template
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ homepage="http://developer.linuxmint.com/projects/cinnamon-projects.html"
 distfiles="https://github.com/linuxmint/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=239c8a210de18468919d9cbc379535e55628559e396cb321100ccab4ee0d04d0
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	aarch64-musl) broken="Expat.c: loadable library and perl binaries are mismatched (got handshake key 0xce00080, needed 0xc800080)" ;;
+esac
+
 build_options="gir"
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	build_options_default="gir"