diff --git a/srcpkgs/mame/template b/srcpkgs/mame/template
index f636ba2db6..bc498d8286 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mame/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mame/template
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" = 32 ]; then
 	LDFLAGS+=" -Wl,--no-keep-memory"
 else
 	_options+=" PTR64=1"
+	if [ "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE%-musl}" = "aarch64" ]; then
+		# Help to reduce impact on our aarch64 builders
+		LDFLAGS+=" -Wl,--no-keep-memory"
+	fi
 fi
 if [ "$build_option_qt" ]; then
 	_options+=" USE_QTDEBUG=1"