diff --git a/test/runner/lib/config.py b/test/runner/lib/config.py
index b1f23954fe..3b422d274c 100644
--- a/test/runner/lib/config.py
+++ b/test/runner/lib/config.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class EnvironmentConfig(CommonConfig):
         self.docker_util = docker_qualify_image(args.docker_util if 'docker_util' in args else '')  # type: str
         self.docker_pull = args.docker_pull if 'docker_pull' in args else False  # type: bool
         self.docker_keep_git = args.docker_keep_git if 'docker_keep_git' in args else False  # type: bool
+        self.docker_memory = args.docker_memory if 'docker_memory' in args else None
 
         self.tox_sitepackages = args.tox_sitepackages  # type: bool
 
diff --git a/test/runner/lib/delegation.py b/test/runner/lib/delegation.py
index 17cd46c0af..356773a17e 100644
--- a/test/runner/lib/delegation.py
+++ b/test/runner/lib/delegation.py
@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ def delegate_docker(args, exclude, require):
                 '--privileged=%s' % str(privileged).lower(),
             ]
 
+            if args.docker_memory:
+                test_options.extend([
+                    '--memory=%d' % args.docker_memory,
+                    '--memory-swap=0',
+                ])
+
             docker_socket = '/var/run/docker.sock'
 
             if os.path.exists(docker_socket):
diff --git a/test/runner/test.py b/test/runner/test.py
index d8719161cc..79f4f0ff29 100755
--- a/test/runner/test.py
+++ b/test/runner/test.py
@@ -605,6 +605,9 @@ def add_extra_docker_options(parser, integration=True):
                         action='store_true',
                         help='run docker container in privileged mode')
 
+    docker.add_argument('--docker-memory',
+                        help='memory limit for docker in bytes', type=int)
+
 
 def complete_target(prefix, parsed_args, **_):
     """