diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-vpkg-dummy/template b/srcpkgs/cross-vpkg-dummy/template
index 2aa25fee247..69a111628ad 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-vpkg-dummy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-vpkg-dummy/template
@@ -65,3 +65,7 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	shlib_provides+=" ld64.so.2 ld.so.1"
 	;;
 esac
+
+if [ -z "$XBPS_CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	broken="This package is only meant to be used by xbps-src to cross compile."
+fi