diff --git a/archivers/snzip/Makefile b/archivers/snzip/Makefile
index e0d363c74000..d6184b617ccf 100644
--- a/archivers/snzip/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/snzip/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ COMMENT=	Compression/decompression tool based on snappy library
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
+BROKEN=		fails to link: undefined symbol: typeinfo for snappy::Source
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libsnappy.so:archivers/snappy
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS