diff --git a/bin/kibana b/bin/kibana
index b8f2dd72c9ed5..f463d3599ff36 100755
--- a/bin/kibana
+++ b/bin/kibana
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ if [ ! -x "$NODE" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-NODE_ENV=production exec "${NODE}" $NODE_OPTIONS --no-warnings "${DIR}/src/cli" ${@}
+NODE_ENV=production exec "${NODE}" $NODE_OPTIONS --no-warnings --max-old-space-size=8192  "${DIR}/src/cli" ${@}