diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/0.4.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/0.4.nix
index 69f467f577c..1018abd6ee9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/0.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/0.4.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan philandstuff ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
+    broken = true; # 2018-08-07
   };
 
   name = "bazel-${version}";