diff --git a/srcpkgs/mdbtools/template b/srcpkgs/mdbtools/template
index 3dde10dbc68..0bc6127d106 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mdbtools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mdbtools/template
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=7a5db39fecff5ce4fb91e019acf5795b40221aff09bbd6d84f8dec60f017b05d
 
+case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
+	*-musl) broken="cannot stat '/destdir//mdbtools-0.5/usr/lib/*.so.*': No such file or directory"
+esac
+
 mdbtools-devel_package() {
 	depends="libmdb>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"