diff --git a/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/Makefile b/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/Makefile
index 58763479d837..921889487215 100644
--- a/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/Makefile
+++ b/ports-mgmt/appstream-generator/Makefile
@@ -1,49 +1,51 @@
 PORTNAME=	appstream-generator
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	0.9.1
 PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	ports-mgmt
 
 MAINTAINER=	arrowd@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fast AppStream metadata generator
 WWW=		https://github.com/ximion/appstream-generator
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BROKEN=		fails to build with new devel/appstream
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	girtod:lang/gir-to-d \
 		ldc2:lang/ldc \
 		xsltproc:textproc/libxslt \
 		${LOCALBASE}/share/xsl/docbook/manpages/docbook.xsl:textproc/docbook-xsl
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libappstream.so:devel/appstream \
 		libappstream-compose.so:devel/appstream-compose \
 		libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
 		libglibd-2.0.so:devel/glibd \
 		liblmdb.so:databases/lmdb \
 		libphobos2-ldc-shared.so:lang/ldc
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/share/icons/hicolor/index.theme:misc/hicolor-icon-theme
 
 USES=		gnome libarchive meson pkgconfig
 
 USE_GNOME=	glib20
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	arrowd
 GH_TAGNAME=	5e71cac08bae0aa8e812f5dc5508b3b501ee5678
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		MANPAGES
 MANPAGES_BUILD_DEPENDS=	xsltproc:textproc/libxslt
 
 MESON_ARGS=	-Ddownload-js=false -Dlocalbase=${LOCALBASE} -Drpmmd=false
 
 DATADIR=	${PREFIX}/share/appstream
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 PIE_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 post-install:
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/data && \
 		${COPYTREE_SHARE} templates ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${PATCHDIR}/poudriere-hook-bulk.sh ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>