diff --git a/srcpkgs/wavemon/template b/srcpkgs/wavemon/template
index 44581ce1894..c68972f73d9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wavemon/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wavemon/template
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ homepage="https://github.com/uoaerg/wavemon"
 distfiles="https://github.com/uoaerg/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=e7e4167292136ca7ff12ddeb880904c10f33e97620ea6aa5f7838e859fdb40ed
 
+broken="weirdness with curses.h inclusion on some architectures"
+
 post_extract() {
 	vsed -i -e 's/\?=/=/g' Makefile.in
 }