diff --git a/devel/ElectricFence/Makefile b/devel/ElectricFence/Makefile
index c76ec6e29025..4bf554d58725 100644
--- a/devel/ElectricFence/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ElectricFence/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ DISTNAME=	ElectricFence-${PORTVERSION}
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Debugging malloc() that uses the VM hardware to detect buffer overruns
 
+.if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "amd64" || ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "ia64" || ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "sparc64"
+BROKEN=		"Does not compile on ${MACHINE_ARCH}"
+.endif
+
 INSTALLS_SHLIB=	yes
 CFLAGS+=	-D__USE_BSD
 MAN3=		efence.3