diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fsearch/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fsearch/default.nix
index 7027a6da0fa..a7b95f3efa6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fsearch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fsearch/default.nix
@@ -55,5 +55,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ artturin ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     mainProgram = "fsearch";
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin; # never built on Hydra https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/fsearch.x86_64-darwin
   };
 }