diff --git a/lang/cairo/Makefile b/lang/cairo/Makefile
index b43550707db8c754ee3bbccce001bba3795e376f..7515ac445ba7e032c72c07366573ab0e7702238e 100644
--- a/lang/cairo/Makefile
+++ b/lang/cairo/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ WWW=		https://www.cairo-lang.org/ \
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BROKEN_i386=	compilation fails: error: undefined symbol: __atomic_load
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	gmake:devel/gmake
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libzstd.so:archivers/zstd