diff --git a/devel/git-cinnabar/Makefile b/devel/git-cinnabar/Makefile
index 71ef09057a07..0601afa8a30f 100644
--- a/devel/git-cinnabar/Makefile
+++ b/devel/git-cinnabar/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ COMMENT=	Git remote helper to interact with Mercurial repositories
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
+BROKEN=		fails to build against git-2.14.*
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${NONEXISTENT}:devel/git:configure
 RUN_DEPENDS=	git:devel/git \
 		hg:devel/mercurial