diff --git a/community/neovim/APKBUILD b/community/neovim/APKBUILD
index 7f0429778f5..fa35ed3c2b8 100644
--- a/community/neovim/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/neovim/APKBUILD
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ pkgver=0.2.2
 pkgrel=5
 pkgdesc="Vim-fork focused on extensibility and agility"
 url="https://neovim.io"
-arch="all !s390x" # needs luajit
+# s390x: needs luajit
+# aarch64: fails to build
+arch="all !s390x !aarch64"
 license="Apache-2.0 custom"
 depends=""
 makedepends="cmake gettext-dev gperf libtermkey-dev libuv-dev libvterm-dev