diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9bc01237..2669f881 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ llvm-toolchain-snapshot (1:3.9~svn273256-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     pointing to usr/share/llvm-3.9/cmake
   * Disable the run of lldb testsuite because of LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB=ON:
      https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=28127
+  * Add  -gsplit-dwarf to CXXFLAGS to workaround the memory allocation
+    issue on i386
 
   [ YunQiang Su ]
   * Enable FPXX by default on mips/mipsel (Closes: #826749)
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index daec0bfd..5d4492d9 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ DEB_HOST_ARCH       = $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH)
 OCAML_STDLIB_DIR    ?= $(shell ocamlc -where)
 
 LDFLAGS_EXTRA =
-CXXFLAGS_EXTRA = -std=c++0x
+CXXFLAGS_EXTRA = -std=c++0x -gsplit-dwarf
 CONFIGURE_EXTRA =
 CMAKE_EXTRA =