diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 73d03711e67ed2f475dde972f4e909f099776b74..110a35a5e7721a77d423a0e102c69097f4f76d2c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,14 +5,17 @@ dist: trusty
 sudo: True
 group: beta
 env:
-    - platform: openbsd60
-    - &openbsd59 platform=openbsd59
-    - platform: xenial
-    - platform: trusty
-    - platform: precise
-    - &stretch platform=stretch
-    - platform: jessie
-    - platform: wheezy
+    global:
+        - VBOX_MEMORY=2048
+    matrix:
+        - platform: openbsd60
+        - &openbsd59 platform=openbsd59
+        - platform: xenial
+        - platform: trusty
+        - platform: precise
+        - &stretch platform=stretch
+        - platform: jessie
+        - platform: wheezy
 matrix:
     fast_finish: True
     allow_failures:
diff --git a/molecule.yml b/molecule.yml
index 199581316dc8c798f492d9e6f11a64be018d681c..25f707d797554ae6d44b04a9cd052eee6ad49e5c 100644
--- a/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule.yml
@@ -45,4 +45,5 @@ vagrant:
   - |
       vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
         v.customize "pre-boot", ["modifyvm", :id, "--hwvirtex", "off"]
+        v.memory = ENV['VBOX_MEMORY'].to_i if ENV.has_key?('VBOX_MEMORY')
       end