diff -u qemu-kvm-0.14.0~rc1+noroms/debian/rules qemu-kvm-0.14.0~rc1+noroms/debian/rules
--- qemu-kvm-0.14.0~rc1+noroms/debian/rules
+++ qemu-kvm-0.14.0~rc1+noroms/debian/rules
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
 
 CFLAGS += -Wall -g -O$(if $(findstring noopt,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)),0,2)
 
+ifneq (,$(findstring $(DEB_HOST_ARCH), arm armel))
+CFLAGS += -fno-var-tracking
+endif
+
 config-host.mak: $(QUILT_STAMPFN)
 	dh_testdir
 	./configure \
diff -u qemu-kvm-0.14.0~rc1+noroms/debian/changelog qemu-kvm-0.14.0~rc1+noroms/debian/changelog
--- qemu-kvm-0.14.0~rc1+noroms/debian/changelog
+++ qemu-kvm-0.14.0~rc1+noroms/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+qemu-kvm (0.14.0~rc1+noroms-0ubuntu2) natty; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/rules: place --fno-var-tracking back into CFLAGS for arm, so
+    as to prevent out of memory. (LP: #693341)
+
+ -- Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:37:56 -0600
+
 qemu-kvm (0.14.0~rc1+noroms-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low
 
   [ Serge Hallyn ]