diff --git a/databases/foundationdb/Makefile b/databases/foundationdb/Makefile
index d6aa594f6e6d..04453c48deee 100644
--- a/databases/foundationdb/Makefile
+++ b/databases/foundationdb/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ WWW=		https://www.foundationdb.org/
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BROKEN=		fails to configure
 BROKEN_aarch64=	invalid asm rdtsc
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	aarch64 amd64
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=	not yet ported to anything else