diff --git a/srcpkgs/sequoia-sop/template b/srcpkgs/sequoia-sop/template
index 0b4444bc9ef..3977b8f65b3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sequoia-sop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sequoia-sop/template
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" $makedepends"
 fi
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	armv*l) nocross="Requires C libs included in build.rs, which is currently broken in xbps-src. These failures only manifest on a hf archs right now";;
+esac
+
 pre_build() {
 	export ASSET_OUT_DIR=assets
 }