diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index ad572f89..82ba8bbe 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -1308,6 +1308,9 @@
             'Ws2_32.lib',
           ],
         }],
+        ['(target_arch=="ppc64" or target_arch=="arm" or target_arch=="arm64")', {
+          'ldflags': [ '-Wl,--no-keep-memory' ],
+        }],
       ],
     }, # node_mksnapshot
   ], # end targets