diff --git a/pkgs/servers/kippo/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/kippo/default.nix
index a9f5ba6f7b2c..3ebcaf7286b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/kippo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/kippo/default.nix
@@ -95,5 +95,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       license = licenses.bsd3;
       platforms = platforms.linux;
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ tomberek ];
+      broken = true; # 2018-09-12, failed on hydra since 2017-12-11
     };
 }