diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/nix-exec/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/nix-exec/default.nix
index 7f38f388c354..277993339e23 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/nix-exec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/nix-exec/default.nix
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     homepage = https://github.com/shlevy/nix-exec;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = nix.meta.platforms;
+    broken = true;
   };
 }