diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index 0c8b32c43a..24e4067fca 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNot
 distfiles="https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=bc94735073e14b138a1290cc99af3c379d544f514c43f8ebde988fc50d0ad81f
 replaces="git-perl>=0"
+broken="failed to load external entity http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl"
 
 subpackages="git-cvs git-svn gitk git-gui git-all"