diff --git a/.openshift/action_hooks/pre_build_jbosseap-6.0 b/.openshift/action_hooks/pre_build_jbosseap-6.0
index 4af3de2b..f711b063 100755
--- a/.openshift/action_hooks/pre_build_jbosseap-6.0
+++ b/.openshift/action_hooks/pre_build_jbosseap-6.0
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 # your application. This script can be used to modify the Maven build
 # arguments for non-CI/Jenkins builds by exporting MAVEN_ARGS. The default
 # is "clean package -Popenshift -DskipTests"
-export MAVEN_ARGS="clean package -Popenshift -Pprod -DskipTests=true"
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+export MAVEN_ARGS="clean package -Popenshift -Pprod -DskipTests=true"
+export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m"
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