collect2: ld terminated with signal 9 [Killed]

I am trying to build qt-4.4 and it fails with the following error:
collect2: ld terminated with signal 9 [Killed]
make[1]: *** [../../../../lib/libQtWebKit.so.4.4.0] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/build-i686-linux/src/3rdparty/webkit/WebCore'
make: *** [sub-webkit-make_default-ordered] Error 2

I read some where that it is due to low memory. Can some one tell me how to resolve it?

Do you need webkit? What if you disable it with "./configure -no-webkit"?

Ya, I need it.