diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/beegfs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/beegfs/default.nix
index 076c19cf400d229..50c48098ab08e0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/beegfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/beegfs/default.nix
@@ -159,5 +159,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       free = false;
     };
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ markuskowa ];
+    # 2019-08-09
+    # fails to build and had stability issues earlier
+    broken = true;
   };
 }