diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a59533eb727..ee527b2bb93 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ configure([project(':cli'),
             unixScriptFile.text = unixScriptFile.text.replace(
                 'cd "`dirname \\"$PRG\\"`/.." >/dev/null', 'cd "`dirname \\"$PRG\\"`" >/dev/null')
 
+            if (applicationName == 'desktop') {
+                def script = file("${rootProject.projectDir}/bisq-$applicationName")
+                script.text = script.text.replace(
+                    'DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""', 'DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-XX:MaxRAM=4g"')
+            }
+
             if (osdetector.os != 'windows')
                 delete fileTree(dir: rootProject.projectDir, include: 'bisq-*.bat')
             else
diff --git a/desktop/package/linux/package.sh b/desktop/package/linux/package.sh
index 0ac88e4dc63..726471614a7 100755
--- a/desktop/package/linux/package.sh
+++ b/desktop/package/linux/package.sh
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ $JAVA_HOME/bin/javapackager \
     -srcfiles desktop-$version-all.jar \
     -appclass bisq.desktop.app.BisqAppMain \
     -BjvmOptions=-Xss1280k \
+    -BjvmOptions=-XX:MaxRAM=4g \
     -BjvmOptions=-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true \
     -outfile Bisq-$version \
     -v
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ $JAVA_HOME/bin/javapackager \
     -srcfiles desktop-$version-all.jar \
     -appclass bisq.desktop.app.BisqAppMain \
     -BjvmOptions=-Xss1280k \
+    -BjvmOptions=-XX:MaxRAM=4g \
     -BjvmOptions=-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true \
     -outfile Bisq-$version \
     -v