diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
index 0e1d2dd6e7..1dcf16f67f 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD_pn-gtk-engines = "1"
 EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD_pn-oh-puzzles = "1"
 # Needs GMemChunk
 EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD_pn-gcalctool = "1"
+# compile failure
+EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD_pn-syncml-client = "1"
 # temporary
 EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD_pn-lirc = "1"
 EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD_pn-lirc-modules = "1"