diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/freerdp/unstable.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/freerdp/unstable.nix
index 6c133e9dbb49..a8388b4829af 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/freerdp/unstable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/freerdp/unstable.nix
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://www.freerdp.com/;
 
     license = "free-non-copyleft";
+
+    broken = true;  # fails to build
   };
 }