diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index dbadf939..f18c4814 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms512m -Xmx2g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 antlrVersion=2.7.7
 apacheGeodeVersion=1.9.1
 byteBuddyVersion=1.9.10