diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pandas/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pandas/template
index 3504251c9c4..b1c8f0286bd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pandas/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pandas/template
@@ -16,7 +16,21 @@ changelog="https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/whatsnew/index.html"
 distfiles="https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=ab23595e2105e2595b14c37f5e88a24d065eb60432e9f45c78f8613ba956eacd
 
+# Try to avoid an intermittent i686 build failure
+# https://build.voidlinux.org/builders/i686_builder/builds/39813/steps/shell_3/logs/stdio
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	i686*) disable_parallel_build=yes ;;
+esac
+
 pre_build() {
+	# Try to avoid the aforementioned intermittent i686 build failure
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		i686*)
+			CFLAGS="${CFLAGS// -g/ -g1}"
+			CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS// -g/ -g1}"
+			;;
+	esac
+
 	# setup.py allows a -j argument to parallelize builds
 	make_build_args+=" ${makejobs}"
 }