diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
index beb1912658c..46e238ff479 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/cargo.nix
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage.override {
     maintainers = teams.rust.members;
     license = [ licenses.mit licenses.asl20 ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
+    # https://github.com/alexcrichton/nghttp2-rs/issues/2
+    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86 && stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform;
   };
 }
 // lib.optionalAttrs (rust.toRustTarget stdenv.buildPlatform != rust.toRustTarget stdenv.hostPlatform) {