diff --git a/rules/docker-telemetry.mk b/rules/docker-telemetry.mk
index 4a1dd9e67d29..8bdfe26e7386 100644
--- a/rules/docker-telemetry.mk
+++ b/rules/docker-telemetry.mk
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ endif
 
 $(DOCKER_TELEMETRY)_CONTAINER_NAME = telemetry
 $(DOCKER_TELEMETRY)_RUN_OPT += --privileged -t
+$(DOCKER_TELEMETRY)_RUN_OPT += --memory 500m
 $(DOCKER_TELEMETRY)_RUN_OPT += -v /etc/sonic:/etc/sonic:ro
 $(DOCKER_TELEMETRY)_RUN_OPT += -v /usr/share/sonic/scripts:/usr/share/sonic/scripts:ro
 $(DOCKER_TELEMETRY)_RUN_OPT += -v /var/run/dbus:/var/run/dbus:rw