diff --git a/alpine/Dockerfile b/alpine/Dockerfile
index f37ddf69b..a2a4956de 100644
--- a/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ COPY packages/oom/etc /etc
 COPY packages/9pmount-vsock/9pmount-vsock /sbin
 COPY packages/test/etc /etc
 COPY packages/test/mobytest /usr/bin
+COPY packages/sysctl/etc /etc
 
 RUN \
   rc-update add swap boot && \
diff --git a/alpine/packages/sysctl/etc/sysctl.d/01-moby.conf b/alpine/packages/sysctl/etc/sysctl.d/01-moby.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a84ee34d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpine/packages/sysctl/etc/sysctl.d/01-moby.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+vm.max_map_count = 262144
+net.core.somaxconn = 1024