diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3f80eef3..0822c644 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ before_install:
 - tar xf android-sdk_r21-linux.tgz
 - wget http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r8e-linux-${ARCH}.tar.bz2
 - tar xf android-ndk-r8e-linux-${ARCH}.tar.bz2
+- export SBT_OPTS="-Xmx2G"
 - export ANDROID_NDK_HOME=`pwd`/android-ndk-r8e
 - export ANDROID_HOME=`pwd`/android-sdk-linux
 - export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_NDK_HOME}:${ANDROID_HOME}/tools:${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools