diff --git a/pkg/libcontainer/nsinit/mount.go b/pkg/libcontainer/nsinit/mount.go
index 694254ef60..61586bc4ed 100644
--- a/pkg/libcontainer/nsinit/mount.go
+++ b/pkg/libcontainer/nsinit/mount.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func mountSystem(rootfs string) error {
 	}{
 		{source: "proc", path: filepath.Join(rootfs, "proc"), device: "proc", flags: defaultMountFlags},
 		{source: "sysfs", path: filepath.Join(rootfs, "sys"), device: "sysfs", flags: defaultMountFlags},
-		{source: "shm", path: filepath.Join(rootfs, "dev", "shm"), device: "tmpfs", flags: defaultMountFlags, data: "mode=1777"},
+		{source: "shm", path: filepath.Join(rootfs, "dev", "shm"), device: "tmpfs", flags: defaultMountFlags, data: "mode=1777,size=65536k"},
 		{source: "devpts", path: filepath.Join(rootfs, "dev", "pts"), device: "devpts", flags: syscall.MS_NOSUID | syscall.MS_NOEXEC, data: "newinstance,ptmxmode=0666,mode=620,gid=5"},
 	} {
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(m.path, 0755); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {