diff --git a/roles/slurm-common/templates/cgroup.conf.j2 b/roles/slurm-common/templates/cgroup.conf.j2
index c19d5c5f41e16f4187fe5cf1a889a7e796806497..bb603827d7f4d643c938c7a7b24b8e97a799bc94 100644
--- a/roles/slurm-common/templates/cgroup.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/slurm-common/templates/cgroup.conf.j2
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ CgroupAutomount=yes
 ConstrainDevices=yes
 TaskAffinity=yes
 ConstrainCores=yes
+ConstrainRAMSpace=yes
 AllowedDevicesFile={{ slurm_dir }}/etc/cgroup_allowed_devices.conf