diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/sortmerna/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/sortmerna/default.nix
index 2efa39ac489..11530c6a722 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/sortmerna/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/sortmerna/default.nix
@@ -41,5 +41,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     platforms = platforms.x86_64;
     homepage = "https://bioinfo.lifl.fr/RNA/sortmerna/";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ luispedro ];
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
   };
 }