diff --git a/packages/php-redis/build.sh b/packages/php-redis/build.sh
index d90f4a2de..584e6fabf 100755
--- a/packages/php-redis/build.sh
+++ b/packages/php-redis/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=5.3.4
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/phpredis/phpredis/archive/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=c0df53dc4e8cd2921503fefa224cfd51de7f74561324a6d3c66f30d4016178b3
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS=php
+# php is (currently) blacklisted for x86_64. Need to blacklist
+# php-redis as well for the same arch for
+#   ./build-package.sh -a all -i php-redis
+# to succeed
+TERMUX_PKG_BLACKLISTED_ARCHES="x86_64"
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/phpize