diff --git a/ports/theia/CONTROL b/ports/theia/CONTROL
index 06dcc80c80..83d6c2c539 100644
--- a/ports/theia/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/theia/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: theia
-Version: 0.7-d15154a-2
-Build-Depends: flann, cereal, ceres[suitesparse], openimageio, glew, freeglut
+Version: 0.7-d15154a-3
+Build-Depends: flann, cereal, ceres[suitesparse] (!x86&!uwp&!arm&!linux&!osx), openimageio, glew, freeglut
 Description: An open source library for multiview geometry and structure from motion
diff --git a/ports/theia/portfile.cmake b/ports/theia/portfile.cmake
index d2e4c66993..b2e61fae12 100644
--- a/ports/theia/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/theia/portfile.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL dynamic)
     set(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE static)
 endif()
 
+if(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHIECTURE STREQUAL "x86")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "theia requires ceres[suitesparse] which depends on suitesparse which depends on openblas which is unavailable on x86.")
+endif()
+
 include(vcpkg_common_functions)
 
 vcpkg_from_github(