diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b8ee4ff1cc..696f97e315 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import:
   - source: travis-env-vars.yml
-os: linux
 dist: xenial
+sudo: required
 language: java
 jdk:
   - openjdk11
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ jobs:
       install:
         - bash scripts/startAlfresco.sh $ENTERPRISE_SHARE_PATH
         - bash scripts/waitForAlfrescoToStart.sh
+        - bash scripts/dockerLimitMemory.sh
+        - sudo free -m -t
       script:
         - travis_wait 90 xvfb-run --server-args="-screen 0 1920x1080x24" mvn -B test -pl :alfresco-rm-automation-ui -Dskip.automationtests=false -DsuiteXmlFile=enterpriseLevel2Tests.xml -Dshare.url=${SHARE_URL} -Dalfresco.url=${ALFRESCO_URL} ${WEBDRIVER_ARGUMENTS}
 
diff --git a/scripts/dockerLimitMemory.sh b/scripts/dockerLimitMemory.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b77c9c5764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dockerLimitMemory.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -x
+
+# Display containers resources usage before limitation
+docker stats --no-stream
+
+#limit memory used by each container
+docker update --memory=2Gb --memory-swap -1 $(docker ps -a | grep '_alfresco_' | awk '{print $1}')
+docker update --memory=1.5Gb --memory-swap -1 $(docker ps -a | grep '_search_' | awk '{print $1}')
+docker update --memory=1Gb --memory-swap -1 $(docker ps -a | grep '_zeppelin_' | awk '{print $1}')
+docker update --memory=512Mb --memory-swap -1 $(docker ps -a | grep '_postgres_' | awk '{print $1}')
+docker update --memory=512Mb --memory-swap -1 $(docker ps -a | grep '_transform-router_' | awk '{print $1}')
+docker update --memory=512Mb --memory-swap -1 $(docker ps -a | grep '_imagemagick_' | awk '{print $1}')
+docker update --memory=512Mb --memory-swap -1 $(docker ps -a | grep '_alfresco-pdf-renderer_' | awk '{print $1}')
+docker update --memory=512Mb --memory-swap -1 $(docker ps -a | grep '_shared-file-store_' | awk '{print $1}')
+docker update --memory=512Mb --memory-swap -1 $(docker ps -a | grep '_tika_' | awk '{print $1}')
+docker update --memory=512Mb --memory-swap -1 $(docker ps -a | grep '_libreoffice_' | awk '{print $1}')
+docker update --memory=512Mb --memory-swap -1 $(docker ps -a | grep '_activemq_' | awk '{print $1}')
+
+# Display containers resources usage after limitation
+docker stats --no-stream