diff --git a/srcpkgs/transmission/template b/srcpkgs/transmission/template
index 2590e79596c..9cee043c3eb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/transmission/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/transmission/template
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ license="MIT, GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://download.transmissionbt.com/files/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=3a8d045c306ad9acb7bf81126939b9594553a388482efa0ec1bfb67b22acd35f
 
+broken="qt5 fails to build with libressl-2.3"
+
 # Create transmission system user/group
 system_accounts="transmission"
 transmission_homedir="/var/lib/transmission"