diff --git a/community/ecl/APKBUILD b/community/ecl/APKBUILD
index 64d65def87a..8637f2e5e97 100644
--- a/community/ecl/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/ecl/APKBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ pkgname=ecl
 pkgver=16.1.3
 pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="Embeddable Common Lisp"
-arch=all
+# not compatible with soft-float archs (like mips)
+arch="all !mips !mips64"
 url="https://common-lisp.net/project/ecl/"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 makedepends="gmp-dev libffi-dev gc-dev"