diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 06801e33..6415bcd2 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
   gradleVersion = "1.9"
 
   doLast() {
-    def gradleOpts = "-XX:MaxPermSize=1024m -Xmx1024m"
+    def gradleOpts = "-XX:MaxPermSize=1024m -Xms256m -Xmx1024m"
     def gradleBatOpts = "$gradleOpts -XX:MaxHeapSize=256m"
     File wrapperFile = file("gradlew")
     wrapperFile.text = wrapperFile.text.replace("DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=",