diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/qnotero/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/qnotero/default.nix
index e90184b52212..ff7ce4121298 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/qnotero/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/qnotero/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages, wrapQtAppsHook }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages, wrapQtAppsHook }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "qnotero";
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
     homepage = "https://www.cogsci.nl/software/qnotero";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin; # Build fails even after adding cx-freeze to `buildInputs`
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.nico202 ];
   };
 }