diff --git a/srcpkgs/simple-scan/template b/srcpkgs/simple-scan/template
index 4f537f7a6e1..990c2f9d5bd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/simple-scan/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/simple-scan/template
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/simple-scan"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${_gnome_version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=d7f7f93a93bb302aebc80bd44edb8d4c22ec774aa12d52756b5034bd04310b77
+broken="does not build, fix with gnome 3.34"