diff --git a/devel/py-archspec/Makefile b/devel/py-archspec/Makefile
index b265c2109252..a869c3e2d77d 100644
--- a/devel/py-archspec/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-archspec/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	archspec
 DISTVERSION=	0.2.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library to query system architecture
 WWW=		https://github.com/archspec/archspec
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20 MIT
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 LICENSE_FILE_APACHE20=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE-APACHE
 LICENSE_FILE_MIT=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE-MIT
 
+BROKEN=		build fails to build it, see https://github.com/pypa/build/issues/628
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}poetry>0:devel/py-poetry@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.7+
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>