diff --git a/srcpkgs/seafile-client-qt/template b/srcpkgs/seafile-client-qt/template
index d3fa18450b9..4ad0c0b0795 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/seafile-client-qt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/seafile-client-qt/template
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ checksum=a862b3bf6dda9bd6d73270643dac9dad21296cc0bcd7aefa200b778c7675bb12
 
 build_options="shibboleth"
 desc_option_shibboleth="Build with Shibboleth support"
-build_options_default="shibboleth"
+
+# no arm by default (webengine does not crosscompile from 64-bit to 32-bit)
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	x86_64*|i686*|ppc64*|aarch64*) build_options_default="shibboleth" ;;
+esac
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl)	# Add musl-fts implementation