diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-shell/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-shell/template
index 53ab4609953..ea17e5951ab 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-shell/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-shell/template
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/${version%.*}/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=c7dec00d3c2b26e16611aac99630e3d41842179e9ec30cc873233b56c080ba4e
+broken=yes
 
 build_options="gir"
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then