diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/openstack/openstack-image-zfs.nix b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/openstack/openstack-image-zfs.nix
index ffce6deed6e0..03895b9aa833 100644
--- a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/openstack/openstack-image-zfs.nix
+++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/openstack/openstack-image-zfs.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ in
 
     ramMB = mkOption {
       type = types.int;
-      default = 1024;
+      default = (3 * 1024);
       description = "RAM allocation for build VM";
     };