diff --git a/srcpkgs/exa/template b/srcpkgs/exa/template
index 81e63378087..cf407d5ce88 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/exa/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/exa/template
@@ -12,9 +12,12 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/ogham/exa/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=07085fd784d553b7c3b62b5a52e4635580d6154f47e6d64245ec0588638dee3e
 nocross=yes # rust
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	i686*) broken="https://build.voidlinux.eu/builders/i686_builder/builds/5146/steps/shell_3/logs/stdio";;
-esac
+pre_build() {
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		# https://github.com/ogham/exa/issues/301
+		i686*) cargo update --package datetime --precise 0.4.7 ;;
+	esac
+}
 
 do_build() {
 	cargo build --release