diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 424d3fab..b5103c15 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -6805,6 +6805,10 @@ packages:
       - pandoc < 2.17
       - texmath < 0.12.4
       - ipynb < 0.2
+
+      # https://github.com/haskell-game/sdl2/issues/240
+      - sdl2 < 2.5.3.1
+
 # end of packages
 
 # Package flags are applied to individual packages, and override the values of