diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnucash/template b/srcpkgs/gnucash/template
index cd02e38eb44..2f32daf099b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnucash/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnucash/template
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ homepage="http://www.gnucash.org"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=f1cb86de60bb0eb2cf5c2c3868e7dab7d889017e233230f944f158f84eb85f25
 
+broken="temporarily broken to build some dependencies"
+
 pycompile_module="gnucash"
 pycompile_dirs="usr/share/gnucash/python"
 conf_files="/etc/gnucash/environment"