diff --git a/mail/rubygem-tmail/Makefile b/mail/rubygem-tmail/Makefile
index bda4c9b17b71..62bca2cfe5bd 100644
--- a/mail/rubygem-tmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/rubygem-tmail/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 # Created by: Akinori MUSHA aka knu <knu@idaemons.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	tmail
 PORTVERSION=	1.2.7.1
 CATEGORIES=	mail rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	RFC2822/MIME compliant mail manipulating library for Ruby
 
+# Seems to be a dead project, last upgrade 2010-02-07 and homepage does not load anymore:
+# https://rubygems.org/gems/tmail, http://tmail.rubyforge.org/
+BROKEN_RUBY27=	yes
+
 USE_RUBY=	yes
 USES=		gem
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>