diff --git a/srcpkgs/postgresql/template b/srcpkgs/postgresql/template
index f179f43dfd..ae802d1938 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/postgresql/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/postgresql/template
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" --without-perl --without-python --without-tcl"
 fi
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	aarch64*) broken="needs host libxml2 update";;
+esac
+
 pre_build() {
 	# http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/docguide-toolsets.html
 	export SGML_CATALOG_FILES="/usr/share/sgml/openjade/catalog:/usr/share/sgml/iso8879/catalog:/usr/share/sgml/docbook/dsssl/modular/catalog:/usr/share/sgml/docbook/4.2/catalog"