diff --git a/pkgs/servers/matrix-synapse/tools/rust-synapse-compress-state.nix b/pkgs/servers/matrix-synapse/tools/rust-synapse-compress-state.nix
index fcf123d6e1db..fe1dc5f6b207 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/matrix-synapse/tools/rust-synapse-compress-state.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/matrix-synapse/tools/rust-synapse-compress-state.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, rustPlatform, python3, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, openssl }:
+{ lib, stdenv, rustPlatform, python3, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, openssl }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "rust-synapse-compress-state";
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   buildInputs = [ openssl ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     description = "A tool to compress some state in a Synapse instance's database";
     homepage = "https://github.com/matrix-org/rust-synapse-compress-state";
     license = licenses.asl20;