diff --git a/srcpkgs/alacritty/template b/srcpkgs/alacritty/template
index 0a7f2e93c73..16469e5ff5d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/alacritty/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/alacritty/template
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 pkgname=alacritty
 version=0.2.1
 revision=1
-hostmakedepends="cargo cmake pkg-config"
+build_style=cargo
+hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config"
 makedepends="freetype-devel fontconfig-devel"
 depends="libXxf86vm xclip ncurses alacritty-terminfo-${version}_${revision}"
 short_desc="Cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator"
@@ -12,14 +13,17 @@ homepage="https://github.com/jwilm/${pkgname}"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jwilm/${pkgname}/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/jwilm/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=d335f09ba914faf8d8b2ba91a67672aab3acd1a3bb1528ec3d9339381697f6a1
-nocross=yes
+nocross="conflicting implementations of trait platform::platform::x11::util::format::Formattable"
 
-do_build() {
-	cargo build --release ${makejobs}
-}
+case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
+	i686)
+		broken="Alacritty v0.2.0 is broken on i686
+		Build log: https://travis-ci.org/void-linux/void-packages/jobs/429814888
+		Issue: https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/issues/1552";
+		;;
+esac
 
-do_install() {
-	vbin target/release/$pkgname
+post_install() {
 	vinstall alacritty.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
 	vinstall alacritty-completions.zsh 644 usr/share/zsh/site-functions _alacritty
 	vinstall alacritty-completions.fish 644 usr/share/fish/completions alacritty.fish