diff --git a/emulators/mame0258.yml b/emulators/mame0258.yml
index 60b4a817..55271557 100644
--- a/emulators/mame0258.yml
+++ b/emulators/mame0258.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ upstream: https://github.com/mamedev/mame/tree/mame0258
 profiled_date: '2026-10-22'
 source_commit: dc1a96537089d6d4ecd01d9886b21061471c70c0
 upstream_commit: 2e0aa823508663c4a27164be43467d1ef740cdcd
+pin_frozen: 'Recalbox, the only platform that ships it, builds this revision (Recalbox package/libretro-mame0258/libretro-mame0258.mk:8 at tag 10.1.1). Later commits are not part of that build.'
 core_version: '0.258'
 display_name: Arcade (MAME 0.258)
 cores: