diff --git a/srcpkgs/sedutil/template b/srcpkgs/sedutil/template
index a8aa19fbb5a..fff98deeaa2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sedutil/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sedutil/template
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ homepage="https://github.com/Drive-Trust-Alliance/sedutil"
 distfiles="https://github.com/Drive-Trust-Alliance/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=88016b93cbbef98fa6f5c4e6f58e6c871662b6a7f1fc8dc788c8599fa37a44f3
 
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_ENDIAN" = "be" ]; then
+	broken="explicitly does not support big endian"
+fi
+
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
 }