diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ef/efivar/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ef/efivar/package.nix
index 40a964bfc72c..db2384faf3d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ef/efivar/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ef/efivar/package.nix
@@ -47,5 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/rhboot/efivar";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.lgpl21Only;
+    # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/388309
+    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.is32bit;
   };
 }