diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/avarice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/avarice/default.nix
index ca6cb14c2a4..a8f6426a3b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/avarice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/avarice/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = https://sourceforge.net/projects/avarice/files/avarice/;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.smironov ];
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    broken = true; # 2018-04-10
   };
 }