diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vowpalwabbit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vowpalwabbit/default.nix
index 6530ce28a9e37..9bc2bbc270478 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vowpalwabbit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vowpalwabbit/default.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Vowpal Wabbit is a fast machine learning library for online learning, and this is the python wrapper for the project.";
     homepage    = https://github.com/JohnLangford/vowpal_wabbit;
     license     = licenses.bsd3;
+    broken      = stdenv.isAarch64;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ teh ];
   };
 }