diff --git a/archivers/rpm5/Makefile b/archivers/rpm5/Makefile
index c04978ea8a14..7fd539d28b2e 100644
--- a/archivers/rpm5/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/rpm5/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX=	5
 MAINTAINER=	afb@rpm5.org
 COMMENT=	The RPM Package Manager
 
+BROKEN=		Does not package
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libsqlite3.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/sqlite3 \
 		libpopt.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/popt \
 		libbeecrypt.so:${PORTSDIR}/security/beecrypt \
diff --git a/databases/flare/Makefile b/databases/flare/Makefile
index 9e95ec565f50..61e29e208375 100644
--- a/databases/flare/Makefile
+++ b/databases/flare/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Flare - distributed and persistent key-value storage
 
+BROKEN=		Does not build
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_program_options.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/boost-libs \
 		libtokyocabinet.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/tokyocabinet
 
diff --git a/devel/R-cran-vcd/Makefile b/devel/R-cran-vcd/Makefile
index e1266d407c84..9cd55e031cb9 100644
--- a/devel/R-cran-vcd/Makefile
+++ b/devel/R-cran-vcd/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ COMMENT=	Visualization techniques, data sets for categorical data
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
+BROKEN=		Does not find WRKSRC
+
 RUN_DEPENDS=	R-cran-colorspace>0:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/R-cran-colorspace
 
 USE_R_MOD=	yes
diff --git a/devel/cocaine-core/Makefile b/devel/cocaine-core/Makefile
index 24a361e49f7c..34f950f5bec1 100644
--- a/devel/cocaine-core/Makefile
+++ b/devel/cocaine-core/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ COMMENT=	Cocaine Application Engine
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
+BROKEN=		Does not build
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_iostreams.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/boost-libs \
 		libev.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libev \
 		libltdl.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libltdl \
diff --git a/devel/fnccheck/Makefile b/devel/fnccheck/Makefile
index 19e6c12a74d7..3d32c2ee5d2e 100644
--- a/devel/fnccheck/Makefile
+++ b/devel/fnccheck/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ COMMENT=	Profiling library/utilities for C/C++ programs
 LICENSE=	GPLv2 LGPL21
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 
+BROKEN=		Missing header
+
 USE_BINUTILS=	yes
 USE_AUTOTOOLS=	libtoolize aclocal automake autoconf
 LIBTOOLIZE_ARGS=--force
diff --git a/devel/ocaml-opam/Makefile b/devel/ocaml-opam/Makefile
index aad2c2ca4edb..c45a29aaae33 100644
--- a/devel/ocaml-opam/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ocaml-opam/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ COMMENT=	Source-based package manager for OCaml
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
+BROKEN=		Does not build
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	curl:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/curl
 
 USES=		gmake
diff --git a/editors/setedit/Makefile b/editors/setedit/Makefile
index b6282503629c..2a58e693993a 100644
--- a/editors/setedit/Makefile
+++ b/editors/setedit/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ COMMENT=	Programmer's editor with a nice Text User Interface (TUI)
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	rhtv.2:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rhtvision
 
+BROKEN=		Does not build
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/editors/textedit/Makefile b/editors/textedit/Makefile
index 569ce90073c5..ce2a6c080ad8 100644
--- a/editors/textedit/Makefile
+++ b/editors/textedit/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ DISTNAME=	backbone-6343263e17c5cd771770dabc2559ac07ffedcf29
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Basic text editor for GNUstep
 
+BROKEN=		Does not link
+
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
 USE_GNUSTEP=	yes
 USE_GNUSTEP_BACK=	yes
diff --git a/lang/gnustep-guile/Makefile b/lang/gnustep-guile/Makefile
index 3773277463ea..381690bec833 100644
--- a/lang/gnustep-guile/Makefile
+++ b/lang/gnustep-guile/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ DISTNAME=	${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	GNUstep interface to the GUILE scheme interpreter
 
+BROKEN=		Does not build
+
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	guile.21:${PORTSDIR}/lang/guile
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
diff --git a/sysutils/rubygem-fluentd/Makefile b/sysutils/rubygem-fluentd/Makefile
index c3e4dac9684f..1884c6ca657d 100644
--- a/sysutils/rubygem-fluentd/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/rubygem-fluentd/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ MASTER_SITES=	RG
 MAINTAINER=	kuriyama@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fluent event collector
 
+BROKEN=		Requires http_parser version 0.5.1 while version 0.6 is installed
+
 RUN_DEPENDS=	\
 	rubygem-msgpack>=0.5.4:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-msgpack \
 	rubygem-json>=1.4.3:${PORTSDIR}/devel/rubygem-json \
diff --git a/www/mod_pagespeed/Makefile b/www/mod_pagespeed/Makefile
index ccca9e489f40..f18a9ac67998 100644
--- a/www/mod_pagespeed/Makefile
+++ b/www/mod_pagespeed/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ DISTNAME=	mod_pagespeed_source_${PORTVERSION}
 MAINTAINER=	swills@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	An Apache module that automatically optimizes web pages
 
+BROKEN=		Does not link
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	python:${PORTSDIR}/lang/python \
 		bash:${PORTSDIR}/shells/bash \
 		greadlink:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/coreutils \