diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c6432a1cac503488893e7b99bc174059124cb11b..c20ebf753599389d8a401b195a4362edf0db5d12 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ pkg_check_modules(DBUS_CPP dbus-cpp REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(DBUS dbus-1 REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(LXC lxc REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(PROPERTIES_CPP properties-cpp REQUIRED)
-pkg_check_modules(MIRCLIENT mirclient)
-if (MIRCLIENT_FOUND)
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DMIR_SUPPORT")
-endif()
+# FIXME mir support is currently broken due to mir's API
+# being broken with recent landings in Ubuntu 16.04
+# pkg_check_modules(MIRCLIENT mirclient)
+# if (MIRCLIENT_FOUND)
+#   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DMIR_SUPPORT")
+# endif()
 
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 # Enable code coverage calculation with gcov/gcovr/lcov