diff --git a/srcpkgs/tau/template b/srcpkgs/tau/template
index 334bf23f1ea..31207bf86f5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tau/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tau/template
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ homepage="https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Tau"
 distfiles="https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Tau/uploads/d7d7fc22a851466768edeace0f3d6b1b/tau-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=14551674458d1011cfb06152313b1be647aa4e47a8278f8fde57a754a05206b3
 
+# this sometimes builds and sometimes doesn't, do not
+# reenable unless you can reliably build it every time
+case $XBPS_MACHINE in
+	*-musl) broken="crashes rustc" ;;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }