diff --git a/alpine/etc/sysctl.d/01-moby.conf b/alpine/etc/sysctl.d/01-moby.conf
index 5743e8513..7120715d3 100644
--- a/alpine/etc/sysctl.d/01-moby.conf
+++ b/alpine/etc/sysctl.d/01-moby.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 vm.max_map_count = 262144
+vm.overcommit_memory = 1
 net.core.somaxconn = 1024
 fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576
 fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288