diff --git a/devel/ocaml-pcre/Makefile b/devel/ocaml-pcre/Makefile
index 5a638cbb359d..95ee93948112 100644
--- a/devel/ocaml-pcre/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ocaml-pcre/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ DISTNAME=	pcre-ocaml-${PORTVERSION}
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Perl compatible regular expressions for Objective Caml
 
+BROKEN=		fails to fetch
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	ocamlc:${PORTSDIR}/lang/ocaml \
 		ocamlfind:${PORTSDIR}/devel/ocaml-findlib
 LIB_DEPENDS=	pcre.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pcre-utf8