diff --git a/textproc/erlang-p1xml/Makefile b/textproc/erlang-p1xml/Makefile
index 62caef935442..9da026915856 100644
--- a/textproc/erlang-p1xml/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/erlang-p1xml/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,36 @@
 # Created by: Babak Farrokhi <farrokhi@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	p1xml
 PORTVERSION=	1.1.2
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	erlang-
 
 MAINTAINER=	farrokhi@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fast Expat based Erlang XML parsing library
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
+BROKEN=		fails to build
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libexpat.so:textproc/expat2
 
 USES=		erlang:rebar
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	processone
 GH_PROJECT=	xml
 GH_TAGNAME=	7ff90b7
 
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -l expat
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|{"CFLAGS", ".*"|{"CFLAGS", "${CFLAGS}"|' \
 	      -e 's|{"LDFLAGS", ".*"|{"LDFLAGS", "${LDFLAGS}"|' ${WRKSRC}/rebar.config.script.in
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/erlang/lib/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}/priv/lib/*.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>