diff --git a/client/db/src/parity_db.rs b/client/db/src/parity_db.rs
index 7085aa3bf8ccd..313069706f33f 100644
--- a/client/db/src/parity_db.rs
+++ b/client/db/src/parity_db.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 /// A `Database` adapter for parity-db.
 
 use sp_database::{Database, Change, ColumnId, Transaction, error::DatabaseError};
-use crate::utils::NUM_COLUMNS;
+use crate::utils::{DatabaseType, NUM_COLUMNS};
 use crate::columns;
 
 struct DbAdapter(parity_db::Db);
@@ -32,13 +32,17 @@ fn handle_err<T>(result: parity_db::Result<T>) -> T {
 	}
 }
 
-/// Wrap RocksDb database into a trait object that implements `sp_database::Database`
-pub fn open<H: Clone>(path: &std::path::Path) -> parity_db::Result<std::sync::Arc<dyn Database<H>>> {
+/// Wrap parity-db database into a trait object that implements `sp_database::Database`
+pub fn open<H: Clone>(path: &std::path::Path, db_type: DatabaseType)
+	-> parity_db::Result<std::sync::Arc<dyn Database<H>>>
+{
 	let mut config = parity_db::Options::with_columns(path, NUM_COLUMNS as u8);
-	let mut state_col = &mut config.columns[columns::STATE as usize];
-	state_col.ref_counted = true;
-	state_col.preimage = true;
-	state_col.uniform = true;
+	if db_type == DatabaseType::Full {
+		let mut state_col = &mut config.columns[columns::STATE as usize];
+		state_col.ref_counted = true;
+		state_col.preimage = true;
+		state_col.uniform = true;
+	}
 	let db = parity_db::Db::open(&config)?;
 	Ok(std::sync::Arc::new(DbAdapter(db)))
 }
diff --git a/client/db/src/utils.rs b/client/db/src/utils.rs
index 3ad6c421135d0..e999469c18ff0 100644
--- a/client/db/src/utils.rs
+++ b/client/db/src/utils.rs
@@ -227,31 +227,46 @@ pub fn open_database<Block: BlockT>(
 
 			// and now open database assuming that it has the latest version
 			let mut db_config = kvdb_rocksdb::DatabaseConfig::with_columns(NUM_COLUMNS);
-			let state_col_budget = (*cache_size as f64 * 0.9) as usize;
-			let other_col_budget = (cache_size - state_col_budget) / (NUM_COLUMNS as usize - 1);
-			let mut memory_budget = std::collections::HashMap::new();
 			let path = path.to_str()
 				.ok_or_else(|| sp_blockchain::Error::Backend("Invalid database path".into()))?;
 
-			for i in 0..NUM_COLUMNS {
-				if i == crate::columns::STATE {
-					memory_budget.insert(i, state_col_budget);
-				} else {
-					memory_budget.insert(i, other_col_budget);
+			let mut memory_budget = std::collections::HashMap::new();
+			match db_type {
+				DatabaseType::Full => {
+					let state_col_budget = (*cache_size as f64 * 0.9) as usize;
+					let other_col_budget = (cache_size - state_col_budget) / (NUM_COLUMNS as usize - 1);
+
+					for i in 0..NUM_COLUMNS {
+						if i == crate::columns::STATE {
+							memory_budget.insert(i, state_col_budget);
+						} else {
+							memory_budget.insert(i, other_col_budget);
+						}
+					}
+					log::trace!(
+						target: "db",
+						"Open RocksDB database at {}, state column budget: {} MiB, others({}) column cache: {} MiB",
+						path,
+						state_col_budget,
+						NUM_COLUMNS,
+						other_col_budget,
+					);
+				},
+				DatabaseType::Light => {
+					let col_budget = cache_size / (NUM_COLUMNS as usize);
+					for i in 0..NUM_COLUMNS {
+						memory_budget.insert(i, col_budget);
+					}
+					log::trace!(
+						target: "db",
+						"Open RocksDB light database at {}, column cache: {} MiB",
+						path,
+						col_budget,
+					);
 				}
 			}
-
 			db_config.memory_budget = memory_budget;
 
-			log::trace!(
-				target: "db",
-				"Open RocksDB database at {}, state column budget: {} MiB, others({}) column cache: {} MiB",
-				path,
-				state_col_budget,
-				NUM_COLUMNS,
-				other_col_budget,
-			);
-
 			let db = kvdb_rocksdb::Database::open(&db_config, &path)
 				.map_err(|err| sp_blockchain::Error::Backend(format!("{}", err)))?;
 			sp_database::as_database(db)
@@ -262,7 +277,7 @@ pub fn open_database<Block: BlockT>(
 		},
 		#[cfg(feature = "with-parity-db")]
 		DatabaseSettingsSrc::ParityDb { path } => {
-			crate::parity_db::open(&path)
+			crate::parity_db::open(&path, db_type)
 				.map_err(|e| sp_blockchain::Error::Backend(format!("{:?}", e)))?
 		},
 		#[cfg(not(feature = "with-parity-db"))]