diff --git a/net-p2p/libtorrent/Makefile b/net-p2p/libtorrent/Makefile
index b9aa2c5c0589..59ea8c332b6a 100644
--- a/net-p2p/libtorrent/Makefile
+++ b/net-p2p/libtorrent/Makefile
@@ -1,40 +1,41 @@
 PORTNAME=	libtorrent
 DISTVERSION=	0.16.2
 CATEGORIES=	net-p2p
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	BitTorrent Library written in C++
 WWW=		https://github.com/rakshasa/libtorrent
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libcurl.so:ftp/curl
 TEST_DEPENDS=	cppunit>0:devel/cppunit
 
 USES=		compiler:c++17-lang cpe libtool localbase:ldflags pathfix \
 		pkgconfig ssl
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-debug
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	OPENSSL_CFLAGS="-I ${OPENSSLINC}" \
 		OPENSSL_LIBS="-L${OPENSSLLIB} -lcrypto"
 
 # This makes sure that /usr/local/lib appears before /usr/lib when
 # linking libtorrent to avoid linking with base's libcrypto.
 MAKE_ARGS=	LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 TEST_TARGET=	check
 
 TESTING_UNSAFE=	https://github.com/rakshasa/libtorrent/issues/292
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		KQUEUE
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	KQUEUE
 
 KQUEUE_DESC=		Use kqueue(2) support
 KQUEUE_CONFIGURE_WITH=	kqueue
+KQUEUE_BROKEN_OFF=	rtorrent fails to build without kqueue(2) support, https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/issues/1633
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>