diff --git a/devel/isa-l/Makefile b/devel/isa-l/Makefile
index 777c750ecdc2..ead8f99a54f3 100644
--- a/devel/isa-l/Makefile
+++ b/devel/isa-l/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	isa-l
 PORTVERSION=	2.31.0
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Intel(R) Intelligent Storage Acceleration Libray
 WWW=		https://github.com/intel/isa-l
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	amd64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	nasm:devel/nasm # yasm fails to compiler asm modules
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	nasm:devel/nasm # yasm fails to compiler asm modules, see https://github.com/intel/isa-l/issues/294
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	intel
 
 USES=		autoreconf gmake libtool:keepla
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>