diff --git a/srcpkgs/vscode/template b/srcpkgs/vscode/template
index 0f7846816b..102635ef5d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vscode/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vscode/template
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://code.visualstudio.com/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=68bff7284804054cdd38ae3984ecb2a23af86668e23ec2335440dc56a2d1e82a
+nocross=yes # x64 build does not cut it, it contains native code
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" = "32" ]; then
 	broken="FATAL ERROR: CALL_AND_RETRY_LAST Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory"