diff --git a/srcpkgs/phantomjs/template b/srcpkgs/phantomjs/template
index 2cac179693a..7d781fcb8f2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/phantomjs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/phantomjs/template
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ checksum=cc81249eaa059cc138414390cade9cb6509b9d6fa0df16f4f43de70b174b3bfe
 nopie=yes
 nocross=yes
 
+case $XBPS_MACHINE in
+	i686*) # /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: memory exhausted
+	    nodebug=yes
+		;;
+esac
+
 do_configure() {
 	sed -e "s|-O2|${CXXFLAGS}|" \
 		-i src/qt/qtbase/mkspecs/common/{g++,gcc}-base.conf