diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/glibc.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/glibc.py
index 4ec4b85d67..c300aef913 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/glibc.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/glibc.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class GlibcSelfTestBase(OESelftestTestCase, OEPTestResultTestCase):
             bitbake("core-image-minimal")
 
             # start runqemu
-            qemu = s.enter_context(runqemu("core-image-minimal", runqemuparams = "nographic"))
+            qemu = s.enter_context(runqemu("core-image-minimal", runqemuparams = "nographic", qemuparams = "-m 1024"))
 
             # validate that SSH is working
             status, _ = qemu.run("uname")