diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/grass/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/grass/default.nix
index 6abf6da4a69f..291ce723aab0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/grass/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/grass/default.nix
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ a.composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} (fix: {
     description = "free Geographic Information System (GIS) software used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization";
     homepage = http://grass.itc.it/index.php;
     license = [ "GPL" ];
+    broken = true;
   };
 
 })