diff --git a/science/peekabot/Makefile b/science/peekabot/Makefile
index e3afbe7bcf66..5848afd63d51 100644
--- a/science/peekabot/Makefile
+++ b/science/peekabot/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,43 @@
 # New ports collection makefile for:	peekabot
 # Date created:		21 June 2009
 # Whom:			chris@officialunix.com
 #
 # $FreeBSD$
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	peekabot
 PORTVERSION=	0.7.2
 PORTREVISION=	4
 CATEGORIES=	science
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/0.7.x/ \
 		http://distfiles.officialunix.com/
 
 MAINTAINER=	chris@officialunix.com
 COMMENT=	Distributed real-time 3D visualization tool for robotics researchers
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	boost_regex.4:${PORTSDIR}/devel/boost-libs \
 		xerces-c.27:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/xerces-c2\
 		fltk.1:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/fltk
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	LDFLAGS="`fltk-config --ldflags`" \
 		CPPFLAGS="`fltk-config --cflags`"
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${OSVERSION} < 700042
 USE_GCC=	4.2+
 .endif
 
+.if ${ARCH} == "sparc64"
+BROKEN=		does not compile with boost on sparc64
+.endif
+
 post-patch:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|png_set_gray_1_2_4_to_8|png_set_expand_gray_1_2_4_to_8|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/src/3rdparty/png++/io_base.hpp
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>