diff --git a/srcpkgs/autogen/template b/srcpkgs/autogen/template
index afd4bd131be..94cffe537bf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/autogen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/autogen/template
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ homepage="http://autogen.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/rel${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=3cd9f81a8ae7c6865bb9bbbe16c4307a243a1373d0b315a83571cbba1fff725d
 
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" = "i686" ]; then
+        # XXX broken temporarily
+        broken=yes
+fi 
+
 replaces="autogen-docs>=0"
 
 post_install() {