diff --git a/community/fontforge/APKBUILD b/community/fontforge/APKBUILD
index ed887ec944099aba7d41924bb507c50fd93a6d61..53ec05aa0a82982afdb62e2ca5504505432ee10b 100644
--- a/community/fontforge/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/fontforge/APKBUILD
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ source="https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/releases/download/$pkgver/fontfor
 	desktop-gui.patch
 	"
 
+case "$CARCH" in
+x86)
+	# timeout after 2 hours
+	options="$options !check"
+	;;
+esac
+
 prepare() {
 	default_prepare