diff --git a/biology/gatk/Makefile b/biology/gatk/Makefile
index 2aeee40d3c31e..431ef692bf438 100644
--- a/biology/gatk/Makefile
+++ b/biology/gatk/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ COMMENT=	Variant discovery in high-throughput sequencing data
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.TXT
 
+BROKEN=		fails to build: Build failed with an exception
 BROKEN_FreeBSD_12_powerpc64=	fails to build: String index out of range: -1
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	gradle:devel/gradle