diff --git a/srcpkgs/ugdb/template b/srcpkgs/ugdb/template
index a3c4339e9b5..2220ee92948 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ugdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ugdb/template
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ homepage="https://github.com/ftilde/ugdb"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c96925da24fa684f6b22f1fee90a83d34c69be0466ae2fd7fa96cd5af7e903a1
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc*) broken="nix-0.7.0 fails to build";;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }