diff --git a/conf/layer.conf b/conf/layer.conf
index 334a945..5f289cb 100644
--- a/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/conf/layer.conf
@@ -28,4 +28,7 @@ INHERIT += "sanity-meta-security"
 
 QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = " ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'apparmor', 'apparmor=1 security=apparmor', '', d)}"
 
+# We need more mem to run many apps in this layer
+QB_MEM="-m 2048"
+
 addpylib ${LAYERDIR}/lib oeqa