diff --git a/roles/gitlab_runner/templates/domain_template.xml.j2 b/roles/gitlab_runner/templates/domain_template.xml.j2
index 7ca9395f13b225eb4dd916b7fa18e114efccb814..4ee5d426d071abd9886b32c17320a8bb3c2c2d92 100644
--- a/roles/gitlab_runner/templates/domain_template.xml.j2
+++ b/roles/gitlab_runner/templates/domain_template.xml.j2
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
       <model type='virtio'/>
       <filterref filter='clean-traffic'/>
     </interface>
+    <memballoon model='virtio' freePageReporting='on'/>
     <rng model='virtio'>
       <backend model='random'>/dev/urandom</backend>
     </rng>