diff --git a/testing/mercury/APKBUILD b/testing/mercury/APKBUILD
index 7e4d7e1df3e..f9a0a7b78bd 100644
--- a/testing/mercury/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/mercury/APKBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pkgver=20.06.1
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Compiler for the Mercury language"
 url="http://www.mercurylang.org"
-arch="all"
+arch="all !mips64" # hangs on configure tests
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
 makedepends="autoconf automake bison flex"
 subpackages="$pkgname-dev $pkgname-doc $pkgname-libs"