diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cil-aterm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cil-aterm/default.nix
index e51bb3c2d4ef..62d69f943af9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cil-aterm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cil-aterm/default.nix
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   patches = [./cil-aterm-1.3.6.patch];
   buildInputs = [ ocaml perl ];
   inherit ocaml perl;
+  meta.broken = true;
 }