diff --git a/mail/astroid/Makefile b/mail/astroid/Makefile
index da5b92159202..a651dd9cff1e 100644
--- a/mail/astroid/Makefile
+++ b/mail/astroid/Makefile
@@ -1,38 +1,40 @@
 PORTNAME=	astroid
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	0.16
 PORTREVISION=	12
 CATEGORIES=	mail
 
 MAINTAINER=	mylan.connolly@gmail.com
 COMMENT=	Graphical email client for notmuch, inspired by sup and others
 WWW=		https://astroidmail.github.io/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+ LGPL21+
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 LICENSE_FILE_GPLv3+ =	${WRKSRC}/COPYING.GPL-3.0+
 LICENSE_FILE_LGPL21+ =	${WRKSRC}/COPYING.LGPL-2.1+
 
+BROKEN=		fails to build with boost-1.85+
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	scdoc:textproc/scdoc \
 		notmuch>0:mail/notmuch
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_system.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0.so:www/webkit2-gtk3 \
 		libgmime-3.0.so:mail/gmime30 \
 		libgnutls.so:security/gnutls \
 		libpcre2-8.so:devel/pcre2 \
 		libpeas-1.0.so:devel/libpeas \
 		libprotobuf.so:devel/protobuf \
 		libsass.so:textproc/libsass \
 		libsoup-2.4.so:devel/libsoup
 RUN_DEPENDS=	notmuch:mail/notmuch
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++17-lang desktop-file-utils gettext-runtime gnome \
 		pkgconfig
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	astroidmail
 USE_GNOME=	atk atkmm cairo cairomm gdkpixbuf2 glib20 glibmm gtk30 \
 		gtkmm30 introspection libsigc++20 pango pangomm vte3
 
 USE_CXXSTD=	c++17
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>