diff --git a/rust-cargo-c.spec b/rust-cargo-c.spec
index 1479a88..8a5af61 100644
--- a/rust-cargo-c.spec
+++ b/rust-cargo-c.spec
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ which use "default" feature of "%{crate}" crate.
 %prep
 %autosetup -n %{crate}-%{upstream_version} -p1
 %cargo_prep
+# drop debuginfo verbosity in an attempt to fix armv7hl OOM problems
+sed -i "s/debuginfo=2/debuginfo=1/" .cargo/config
 
 %generate_buildrequires
 %cargo_generate_buildrequires