diff --git a/srcpkgs/llvm/template b/srcpkgs/llvm/template
index 80ea8184df3..69a1f746165 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/llvm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/llvm/template
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ hostmakedepends="groff perl python zlib-devel libffi-devel swig"
 makedepends="python-devel zlib-devel libffi-devel libedit-devel libxml2-devel binutils-devel libatomic-devel"
 depends="libllvm5.0"
 
+# XXX mips builds fail with 'Error: branch out of range'
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	mips*) broken="make[2]: *** [lib/Target/ARM/CMakeFiles/LLVMARMCodeGen.dir/build.make:855: lib/Target/ARM/CMakeFiles/LLVMARMCodeGen.dir/ARMInstructionSelector.cpp.o] Error 1" ;;
+esac
+
 subpackages="clang-tools-extra clang clang-analyzer libllvm5.0"
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# XXX fails to cross compile due to python