diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xl/xlife/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xl/xlife/package.nix
index e6f58c5da24a..baf9f80f80eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xl/xlife/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xl/xlife/package.nix
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata, for X";
     license = licenses.hpndSellVariant;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ djanatyn ];
+    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
   };
 }