diff --git a/srcpkgs/socat/template b/srcpkgs/socat/template
index 418f75936a1..f1d08b83f7f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/socat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/socat/template
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/"
 distfiles="http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=4b7739901c6fad1e460f3e5b1868fb4c2a1427febbba7a510cd2e42fd4941e09
+broken=yes