diff --git a/srcpkgs/libzim/template b/srcpkgs/libzim/template
index 9f9ebe3070..38b58c1176 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libzim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libzim/template
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ homepage="http://www.openzim.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/openzim/libzim/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=e195d30ba1b55dd2b6529fdd84fcbed6ec35ed4ddc957ad7725edabd20c3126c
 replaces="libzim-tools>=0"
+broken=yes
 
 build_options="zlib xapian"
 build_options_default="zlib xapian"