diff --git a/srcpkgs/iwd/template b/srcpkgs/iwd/template
index 1a784d51a6..e39984e444 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/iwd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/iwd/template
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ checksum=c4258b5789a8074a2dfdc33ed5f02415b62ff1ce0b7cba636402883933d6a643
 make_dirs="/var/lib/iwd 0600 root root
  /etc/iwd 755 root root"
 
+broken="Unbreak once libxml2 has been rebuilt against libreadline.so.8"
+
 post_install() {
 	vsconf doc/main.conf
 	vsv iwd