diff --git a/databases/foundationdb71-server/Makefile b/databases/foundationdb71-server/Makefile
index d04dcce49b22..705cef12645b 100644
--- a/databases/foundationdb71-server/Makefile
+++ b/databases/foundationdb71-server/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ WWW=		https://www.foundationdb.org/
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BROKEN=		fails to build with Boost>=1.87
 BROKEN_aarch64=	invalid asm rdtsc
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	aarch64 amd64
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=	not yet ported to anything else