diff --git a/extra/qt3/PKGBUILD b/extra/qt3/PKGBUILD
index 80f8bde89..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'
-          'f77e1bcd27205ab58a9025db9ddfd0da73979782')
+          '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_no_packed.patch b/extra/qt3/arm_no_packed.patch
index 383acaa52..e68119c3c 100644
--- a/extra/qt3/arm_no_packed.patch
+++ b/extra/qt3/arm_no_packed.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- a/src/qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/src/tools/qglobal.h
-+++ b/src/qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/src/tools/qglobal.h
+--- 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
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  #  endif
  #  if !defined(__EXCEPTIONS)
  #    define Q_NO_EXCEPTIONS
---- a/src/qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/src/tools/qlocale.cpp
-+++ b/src/qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/src/tools/qlocale.cpp
+--- 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') {
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
          }
  
          bool always_show_decpt = flags & Alternate;
---- a/src/qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/src/tools/qstring.cpp
-+++ b/src/qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/src/tools/qstring.cpp
+--- 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
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
  	    }
  
  	    if (++repl_cnt == d.occurrences) {
---- a/src/qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/src/tools/qstring.h
-+++ b/src/qt-x11-free-3.3.8b/src/tools/qstring.h
+--- 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