diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index d07580636cbb82b91f681eb8c42ccb11d3fbc350..cf1fc2793dbe38530037011dc407fc9adf7bfcf6 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -1503,6 +1503,7 @@ fn buildOutputType(
                     } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "-fno-emit-bin")) {
                         emit_bin = .no;
                     } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "-femit-h")) {
+                        fatal("-femit-h is currently broken, see https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/9698", .{});
                         emit_h = .yes_default_path;
                     } else if (mem.cutPrefix(u8, arg, "-femit-h=")) |rest| {
                         emit_h = .{ .yes = rest };