diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index db1c5377fc569d417b8e00feb9da5522f053b433..76900efb05479ed3139a44963d92706196f77ed8 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ replace_or_add 'Increase time limit - CLI' do
 	line 'max_execution_time = 240'
 end
 
+replace_or_add 'Increase memory limit' do
+	path '/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini'
+	pattern 'memory_limit = 128M'
+	line 'memory_limit = 256M'
+end
+
+replace_or_add 'Increase memory limit - CLI' do
+	path '/etc/php5/cli/php.ini'
+	pattern 'memory_limit = 128M'
+	line 'memory_limit = 256M'
+end
+
 replace_or_add 'Increase upload size limit' do
 	path '/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini'
 	pattern 'upload_max_filesize = 2M'