diff --git a/pkgs/rust/rbasefind/default.nix b/pkgs/rust/rbasefind/default.nix
index df552a8..4a70146 100644
--- a/pkgs/rust/rbasefind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/rust/rbasefind/default.nix
@@ -20,5 +20,9 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sgayou/rbasefind";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [];
+
+    # something about the dependencies is off, and it never terminates without further manual
+    # patches. fixing that is needed
+    broken = true;
   };
 }