diff --git a/misc/py-numcodecs/Makefile b/misc/py-numcodecs/Makefile
index 629165de4772..7ba24dcfcaca 100644
--- a/misc/py-numcodecs/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-numcodecs/Makefile
@@ -1,38 +1,42 @@
 PORTNAME=	numcodecs
 DISTVERSION=	0.11.0
 PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	misc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Package providing buffer compression and transformation codecs for use
 WWW=		https://numcodecs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-BROKEN_i386=	compilation fails: error: SSE2 is not supported by the target architecture/platform ..., see https://github.com/zarr-developers/numcodecs/issues/444
-
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}py-cpuinfo>0:sysutils/py-py-cpuinfo@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}entrypoints>0:devel/py-entrypoints@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYNUMPY}
 RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}msgpack>0:devel/py-msgpack@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}zfp>0:devel/py-zfp@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython autoplist pytest # tests fail to find the library in the staged directory for some reason
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/numcodecs/tests
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		AVX2
 
 AVX2_DESC=		Use AVX2 SIMD instructions
 AVX2_CONFIGURE_ENV_OFF=	DISABLE_NUMCODECS_AVX2=yes
 AVX2_MAKE_ENV_OFF=	DISABLE_NUMCODECS_AVX2=yes
 
+.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
+
+.if ${ARCH} == i386
+MAKE_ENV+=	DISABLE_NUMCODECS_SSE2=yes DISABLE_NUMCODECS_AVX2=yes
+.endif
+
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/numcodecs/*${PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX}.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>