diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 90eea9574..ee704b548 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ android:
 env:
   global:
     - ADB_INSTALL_TIMEOUT=8 # minutes (2 by default)
+    - GRADLE_OPTS=-Xmx512m # give gradle more memory since it seem to fail otherwise
   matrix:
     - ANDROID_TARGET=android-19  ANDROID_ABI=armeabi-v7a