diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bowtie2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bowtie2/default.nix
index deccd8a54ee..675c7d4eb0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bowtie2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bowtie2/default.nix
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://bowtie-bio.sf.net/bowtie2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ rybern ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
+    broken = stdenv.isAarch64;
   };
 }