diff --git a/package/multimedia/festival/Config.in b/package/multimedia/festival/Config.in
index 2be32f9e75..e05fde9c16 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/festival/Config.in
+++ b/package/multimedia/festival/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_FESTIVAL
 	bool "festival text-to-speech system"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BROKEN # doesn't build
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SPEECH_TOOLS
 	help