diff --git a/community/zeroc-ice/PKGBUILD b/community/zeroc-ice/PKGBUILD
index 2063627bf..70a29cdd4 100644
--- a/community/zeroc-ice/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/zeroc-ice/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
 #  - fix 32-bit lib packaging
 
+highmem=1
+
 pkgname=(zeroc-ice zeroc-ice-java)
 pkgbase=(zeroc-ice)
 pkgver=3.7.2