diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix
index 1194ab7296ea..1f0fc663647a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix
@@ -73,5 +73,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "A data analysis framework";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
+    # needs to be adapted to work with modern glibc
+    # it works on darwin by impurely picking up system's libc headers
+    broken = stdenv.isLinux;
   };
 }