diff --git a/extra/qt3/PKGBUILD b/extra/qt3/PKGBUILD
index 8004ae7e1..8f2d7af80 100644
--- a/extra/qt3/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/qt3/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
 #  - added arm.patch to fix compiling on ARM with GCC >= 4
 #    Source: http://lists.trolltech.com/qt-embedded-interest/2007-03/msg00003.html
+# ALARM: Michael Stevens
+#  - replaces arm.patch with arm_no_packed.patch
+#   As of GCC-4.7 there is no way to get a reference to a packed ushort.
+#   Therefore we need to replace the 'ushort &unicode()' with 'ushort *unicodep()' breaking the exsting API
 
 pkgname=qt3
 pkgver=3.3.8b
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ options=('!libtool')
 install=qt.install
 source=(ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/source/qt-x11-free-${pkgver}.tar.gz
         qt.profile qt3-png15.patch qt-copy-kde-patches.tar.bz2 qt-patches.tar.bz2
-        eastern_asian_languagues.diff qt-odbc.patch gcc-4.6.patch arm.patch)
+        eastern_asian_languagues.diff qt-odbc.patch gcc-4.6.patch arm_no_packed.patch)
 sha1sums=('745def6250dc7f337dbb265e20bf38dcb41fd854'
           'd2e257a9011208b2cb81b9cf47915b9a2f9dab83'
           '3d19510c46016a1a211d97bf8f82b01498b1b33c'
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ sha1sums=('745def6250dc7f337dbb265e20bf38dcb41fd854'
           '40c7b8f06a21f809ddeb8b5560e9da63ccac6a17'
           '1346320614f6f86fbeb10b9fbad721dea29f5b61'
           'd9b83b8f6f9c8bd98d290dc1d0e9913a00b62c3f'
-          '896ffd1d5d31101a4c60155648dfed419abee3c1')
+          '43565c3b33c5d6f7adb217e4afea49adb48f6c97')
 
 # qt-copy-kde-patches come from http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/qt-copy/patches/
 # other qt-patches come from fedora and gentoo
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@ build() {
 
   patch -p0 -i "${srcdir}"/qt3-png15.patch
   # Arch Linux ARM patch
-  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/arm.patch
+  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/arm_no_packed.patch
 
   # start compiling qt
   sed -i 's|-cp -P -f|-cp -L -f|' qmake/Makefile.unix
diff --git a/extra/qt3/arm.patch b/extra/qt3/arm.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e32f4bf2..000000000
--- a/extra/qt3/arm.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-diff -urN qt-x11-free-3.3.8.orig/src/tools/qglobal.h qt-x11-free-3.3.8/src/tools/qglobal.h
---- qt-x11-free-3.3.8.orig/src/tools/qglobal.h	2011-01-20 21:18:42.000000000 -0700
-+++ qt-x11-free-3.3.8/src/tools/qglobal.h	2011-01-20 21:20:34.000000000 -0700
-@@ -320,6 +320,9 @@
- #    if __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4
- #      define Q_NO_PACKED_REFERENCE
- #    endif
-+#    if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 0
-+#      define Q_NO_PACKED_POINTERS
-+#    endif
- #  endif
- #  if !defined(__EXCEPTIONS)
- #    define Q_NO_EXCEPTIONS
-diff -urN qt-x11-free-3.3.8.orig/src/tools/qstring.h qt-x11-free-3.3.8/src/tools/qstring.h
---- qt-x11-free-3.3.8.orig/src/tools/qstring.h	2011-01-20 21:18:43.000000000 -0700
-+++ qt-x11-free-3.3.8/src/tools/qstring.h	2011-01-20 21:21:48.000000000 -0700
-@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@
-     ushort unicode() const { return ucs; }
- #ifdef Q_NO_PACKED_REFERENCE
-     ushort &unicode() { return *(&ucs); }
-+#elif defined Q_NO_PACKED_POINTERS
-+    ushort &unicode() { ushort& tmp = ucs; return tmp; }
- #else
-     ushort &unicode() { return ucs; }
- #endif
diff --git a/extra/qt3/arm_no_packed.patch b/extra/qt3/arm_no_packed.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e68119c3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/qt3/arm_no_packed.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+--- qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/src/tools/qglobal.h
++++ qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/src/tools/qglobal.h
+@@ -323,6 +323,13 @@
+ #    if __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4
+ #      define Q_NO_PACKED_REFERENCE
+ #    endif
++#    if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 0
++#      if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 7
++#        define Q_NO_PACKED_ACCESS
++#      else
++#        define Q_NO_PACKED_POINTERS
++#      endif
++#    endif
+ #  endif
+ #  if !defined(__EXCEPTIONS)
+ #    define Q_NO_EXCEPTIONS
+--- qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/src/tools/qlocale.cpp
++++ qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/src/tools/qlocale.cpp
+@@ -3293,7 +3293,11 @@ QString QLocalePrivate::doubleToString(double d,
+ 
+         if (zero().unicode() != '0') {
+             for (uint i = 0; i < digits.length(); ++i)
++#ifdef Q_NO_PACKED_ACCESS
++                    *digits.ref(i).unicodep() += zero().unicode() - '0';
++#else
+                     digits.ref(i).unicode() += zero().unicode() - '0';
++#endif
+         }
+ 
+         bool always_show_decpt = flags & Alternate;
+--- qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/src/tools/qstring.cpp
++++ qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/src/tools/qstring.cpp
+@@ -1933,7 +1933,11 @@ static QString replaceArgEscapes(const QString &s, const ArgEscapeData &d, int f
+ 
+     	    if (field_width > 0) { // left padded
+ 		for (uint i = 0; i < pad_chars; ++i)
++#ifdef Q_NO_PACKED_ACCESS
++	    	    *(rc++)->unicodep() = ' ';
++#else
+ 	    	    (rc++)->unicode() = ' ';
++#endif
+ 	    }
+ 
+     	    if (locale_arg) {
+@@ -1947,7 +1951,11 @@ static QString replaceArgEscapes(const QString &s, const ArgEscapeData &d, int f
+ 
+     	    if (field_width < 0) { // right padded
+ 		for (uint i = 0; i < pad_chars; ++i)
++#ifdef Q_NO_PACKED_ACCESS
++	    	    *(rc++)->unicodep() = ' ';
++#else
+ 	    	    (rc++)->unicode() = ' ';
++#endif
+ 	    }
+ 
+ 	    if (++repl_cnt == d.occurrences) {
+--- qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/src/tools/qstring.h
++++ qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/src/tools/qstring.h
+@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ public:
+     ushort unicode() const { return ucs; }
+ #ifdef Q_NO_PACKED_REFERENCE
+     ushort &unicode() { return *(&ucs); }
++#elif defined Q_NO_PACKED_POINTERS
++    ushort &unicode() { ushort& tmp = ucs; return tmp; }
++#elif defined Q_NO_PACKED_ACCESS
++    ushort *unicodep() { return &ucs; }
+ #else
+     ushort &unicode() { return ucs; }
+ #endif