diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt5/template b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
index 615b77585ba..2ca3070aeb4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qt5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ distfiles="http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/${version%.*}/${version}/s
 checksum=76a95cf6c1503290f75a641aa25079cd0c5a8fcd7cff07ddebff80a955b07de7
 
 nocross=yes
+if [ "${XBPS_MACHINE%%-musl}" = i686 ]; then
+	nodebug=yes  # prevent OOM
+fi
 hostmakedepends="flex ruby gperf python perl pkg-config"
 makedepends="
  libressl-devel libpng-devel MesaLib-devel libXrender-devel unixodbc-devel