diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/kwooty/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/kwooty/default.nix
index 1f6a20fc76b..f4bd04e8a2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/kwooty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/kwooty/default.nix
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     description = "Binary news reader of KDE";
+    broken = true;
   };
 }