diff --git a/srcpkgs/arm-none-eabi-newlib/template b/srcpkgs/arm-none-eabi-newlib/template
index ab99690cffe..c778d5b9558 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/arm-none-eabi-newlib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/arm-none-eabi-newlib/template
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ create_wrksrc=yes
 hostmakedepends="perl flex bison arm-none-eabi-binutils"
 makedepends="zlib-devel gmp-devel mpfr-devel libmpc-devel isl15-devel"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	aarch64*) broken="arm-none-eabi-binutils needs to be built for the host" ;;
+esac
+
 _apply_patch() {
 	local args="$1" pname="$(basename $2)"