diff --git a/srcpkgs/mame/template b/srcpkgs/mame/template
index 996f769a505..5389c8cd00a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mame/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mame/template
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ replaces="sdlmame>=0 sdlmess>=0"
 CXXFLAGS="-DUSE_INTERNAL_CBEGIN_CEND=1 -I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/lua5.3"
 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-fuse-ld=gold"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	i686*) broken="ENOMEM";;
+esac
+
 build_options="qt"
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	build_options_default="qt"