diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/profile.bashrc b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/profile.bashrc
index d620eee8..90d6ef25 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/profile.bashrc
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/profile.bashrc
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ if [[ true != false
 && ${CATEGORY}/${PN} != dev-libs/libsigsegv
 && ${CATEGORY}/${PN}-${PV} != sys-libs/db-4.5.20_p2
 && ${CATEGORY}/${PN} != app-emulation/qemu
+&& ${CATEGORY}/${PN}-${PV} != sys-devel/gcc-4.8.3 # not enough memory on machines with < 8Gb RAM
 ]] ; then
     tmp="-flto=4"
     CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${tmp}"