diff --git a/srcpkgs/swiften/template b/srcpkgs/swiften/template
index 6b51775db9..93043e9432 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/swiften/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/swiften/template
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://swift.im/"
 distfiles="http://swift.im/git/swift/snapshot/swift-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=2e48f081d337f471b4eba7c0c807a7b640216a76ed3568ced55abb5b927c7fd2
+nocross="fails to cross-compile internal boost, boost-1.69 isn't supported"
 
 CXXFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/libxml2 -DBOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION=3 -DBOOST_SIGNALS_NO_DEPRECATION_WARNING=1"
 _scons_options="assertions=1 build_examples=1 max_jobs=1 optimize=1 debug=0 swiften_dll=1"