diff --git a/gnomeos/yocto/gnomeos-run.sh b/gnomeos/yocto/gnomeos-run.sh
index a95385e9..b0ae93e4 100755
--- a/gnomeos/yocto/gnomeos-run.sh
+++ b/gnomeos/yocto/gnomeos-run.sh
@@ -128,4 +128,4 @@ if ! echo $ARGS | grep -q 'ostree='; then
     ARGS="ostree=${BRANCH_PREFIX}runtime-current $ARGS"
 fi
 
-exec qemu-kvm -kernel ./tmp-eglibc/deploy/images/bzImage-qemux86.bin -hda gnomeos-fs.img -net user -net nic,model=virtio -append "$ARGS" -monitor stdio
+exec qemu-kvm -kernel ./tmp-eglibc/deploy/images/bzImage-qemux86.bin -hda gnomeos-fs.img -net user -net nic,model=virtio -m 512M -append "$ARGS" -monitor stdio