diff --git a/community/mysql-workbench/PKGBUILD b/community/mysql-workbench/PKGBUILD
index f2451f4ef..e95e29338 100644
--- a/community/mysql-workbench/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/mysql-workbench/PKGBUILD
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
 #  - use our cxxflags plus -fsigned-char
 
+highmem=1
+
 pkgname=mysql-workbench
 pkgver=6.3.8
 pkgrel=1