diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
index 7ba90db9aedd..36b54e8191df 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-{ buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, nixosTests, ... } @ args:
+{ buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, nixosTests, stdenv, ... } @ args:
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
   version = "4.4.268";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.4";
+  extraMeta.broken = stdenv.isAarch64;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
index c6308a178e4b..d1cd267dd22c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.9.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-{ buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, nixosTests, ... } @ args:
+{ buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, nixosTests, stdenv, ... } @ args:
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
   version = "4.9.268";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.9";
+  extraMeta.broken = stdenv.isAarch64;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";