diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt5/template b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
index e9a5314532..fc48e1cc0a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qt5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ license="GPL-3, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/${version%.*}/${version}/single/qt-everywhere-src-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=05ffba7b811b854ed558abf2be2ddbd3bb6ddd0b60ea4b5da75d277ac15e740a
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" ]; in
+	arvm5*|mips*) broken="qtwebengine cannot be built for $XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" ;;
+esac
 
 if [ "${XBPS_MACHINE%%-musl}" = i686 ]; then
 	nodebug=yes  # prevent OOM