diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt5/template b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
index 857f0c438c..615b77585b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qt5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ do_configure() {
 		*)	opts+=" -reduce-relocations"
 			;;
 	esac
+
+	if [ "${XBPS_MACHINE%%-musl}" = i686 ]; then
+		LDFLAGS+=" -Wl,--no-keep-memory"  # else OOM on 32-bit
+	fi
+
 	QMAKE_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" \
 	QMAKE_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}" \
 	QMAKE_LFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \