diff --git a/lang/pfe/Makefile b/lang/pfe/Makefile
index 78f9e3f463b0..2cdc49eb2ca6 100644
--- a/lang/pfe/Makefile
+++ b/lang/pfe/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF
 MAINTAINER=	johans@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Implementation of ANSI Forth
 
+BROKEN_i386=	does not link
+
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USES=		gmake perl5 libtool tar:bzip2
 USE_PERL5=	build