diff --git a/srcpkgs/mame/template b/srcpkgs/mame/template
index 39f6e429f66..3fb9829b118 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mame/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mame/template
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ depends="liberation-fonts-ttf"
 nocross=yes
 replaces="sdlmame>=0 sdlmess>=0"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	i686*) broken="ENOMEM"
+esac
+
 CXXFLAGS="-DUSE_INTERNAL_CBEGIN_CEND=1 -I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/lua5.3"
 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-fuse-ld=gold"