diff --git a/srcpkgs/freeplane/template b/srcpkgs/freeplane/template
index 15f5de074a..b2d44ecd33 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/freeplane/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/freeplane/template
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="$SOURCEFORGE_SITE/$pkgname/$pkgname%20stable/${pkgname}_src-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=6d594eb0c5b237fdf5ae2b37743d3aae09a93d7a07552a5d598362e37ed30ec5
+broken="doesn't build with gradle6, fails later if fixed"
 
 make_dirs="
 /usr/share/freeplane/fwdir/condperm/ 755 root root