diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
index 237b5537ba4..f6a49d61f6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@ composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} (fixed: rec {
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber ];
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    broken = true; # http://hydra.nixos.org/build/21344907/nixlog/1/raw
   };
 })