diff --git a/biology/seqwish/Makefile b/biology/seqwish/Makefile
index 6b6b027f9103..196b8277e550 100644
--- a/biology/seqwish/Makefile
+++ b/biology/seqwish/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	seqwish
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	0.7.12
 CATEGORIES=	biology
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/pangenome/seqwish/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
 DISTFILES=	seqwish-v0.7.12.tar.gz
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Alignment to variation graph inducer
 WWW=		https://github.com/pangenome/seqwish
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BROKEN_i386=	compilaiton fails: error: `target_pointer_width` must be 64
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libzstd.so:archivers/zstd
 
 USES=		cargo pkgconfig
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
 
 # tests as of 0.7.12: test result: ok. 1 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.04s
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>