diff --git a/net-im/fractal/Makefile b/net-im/fractal/Makefile
index fa9c5265fb95..a4cade5eb45c 100644
--- a/net-im/fractal/Makefile
+++ b/net-im/fractal/Makefile
@@ -1,43 +1,45 @@
 PORTNAME=	fractal
 DISTVERSION=	4.4.2
 PORTREVISION=	26
 CATEGORIES=	net-im
 MASTER_SITES=	https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/${PORTNAME}/-/archive/${DISTVERSION}/
 # XXX USES=cargo omits the default source archive by default
 DISTFILES=	${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	vishwin@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	GTK Matrix IM client
 WWW=		https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/fractal
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
+BROKEN=		Fails to build, error: failed to select a version for the requirement `syn = "^2"`
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libdbus-1.so:devel/dbus \
 		libgmp.so:math/gmp \
 		libgspell-1.so:textproc/gspell \
 		libhandy-0.0.so:x11-toolkits/libhandy0
 
 USES=		cargo cpe desktop-file-utils gettext gnome gstreamer meson \
 		pkgconfig python:build shebangfix ssl
 CPE_VENDOR=	gnome
 USE_GNOME=	cairo gdkpixbuf gtk30 gtksourceview4
 USE_GSTREAMER=	bad editing-services
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	scripts
 BINARY_ALIAS=	python3=${PYTHON_CMD}
 GLIB_SCHEMAS=	org.gnome.Fractal.gschema.xml
 
 CARGO_BUILD=	no
 CARGO_INSTALL=	no
 CARGO_TEST=	no
 CARGO_TARGET_DIR=	${WRKSRC}/${MESON_BUILD_DIR}/target
 MAKE_ENV+=	${CARGO_ENV}
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${ARCH} == powerpc
 LTO_UNSAFE=	yes
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>