diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index a04a6c8b98c..5d3155fd446 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ group=org.apache.kafka
 version=0.8.3-SNAPSHOT
 scalaVersion=2.10.1
 task=build
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-XX:MaxPermSize=512m -Xmx1024m
 
 mavenUrl=
 mavenUsername=