diff --git a/misc/bibletime/Makefile b/misc/bibletime/Makefile
index 2557f6c63db7..7a93632a9d96 100644
--- a/misc/bibletime/Makefile
+++ b/misc/bibletime/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ COMMENT=	Open source Bible study tool
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
+BROKEN_FreeBSD_12= does not build on 12.X
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libclucene-core.so:textproc/clucene \
 		libsword.so:misc/sword
 
diff --git a/misc/sword/Makefile b/misc/sword/Makefile
index 74d6805a1192..f0c98dc2638d 100644
--- a/misc/sword/Makefile
+++ b/misc/sword/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ COMMENT=	Framework for manipulating Bible texts
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
+BROKEN_FreeBSD_12= does not build on 12.X
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	cppunit-config:devel/cppunit
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/misc/xiphos/Makefile b/misc/xiphos/Makefile
index 89ff4c29d904..829069f24748 100644
--- a/misc/xiphos/Makefile
+++ b/misc/xiphos/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ COMMENT=	Bible interface utilizing the sword framework
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
+BROKEN_FreeBSD_12= does not build on 12.X
+
 RUN_DEPENDS=	yelp:x11/yelp
 BUILD_DEPENDS:=	${RUN_DEPENDS} \
 		docbook2html:textproc/docbook-utils \