diff --git a/SPECS/nodejs.spec b/SPECS/nodejs.spec
index ef2c5dd..e6b54e6 100644
--- a/SPECS/nodejs.spec
+++ b/SPECS/nodejs.spec
@@ -372,6 +372,14 @@ export CXXFLAGS='%{optflags} -g \
                  -DZLIB_CONST \
                  -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks'
 
+%ifarch %{arm}
+# Decrease debuginfo verbosity to reduce memory consumption during final
+# library linking
+%global optflags %(echo %{optflags} | sed 's/-g /-g1 /')
+export CFLAGS=$(echo ${CFLAGS} | sed 's/-g /-g1 /g')
+export CXXFLAGS=$(echo ${CXXFLAGS} | sed 's/-g /-g1 /g')
+%endif
+
 # Explicit new lines in C(XX)FLAGS can break naive build scripts
 export CFLAGS="$(echo ${CFLAGS} | tr '\n\\' '  ')"
 export CXXFLAGS="$(echo ${CXXFLAGS} | tr '\n\\' '  ')"