diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index 182cd75c1d..22d16f87b2 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
                     <testSourceDirectories>
                         <testSourceDirectory>src/test/clojure</testSourceDirectory>
                     </testSourceDirectories>
-                    <clojureOptions>-Xmx512m -Djava.awt.headless=true -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xss256k</clojureOptions>
+                    <clojureOptions>-Xms128m -Xmx512m -Djava.awt.headless=true -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xss256k</clojureOptions>
                     <warnOnReflection>true</warnOnReflection>
                     <compileDeclaredNamespaceOnly>true</compileDeclaredNamespaceOnly>
                     <testDeclaredNamespaceOnly>false</testDeclaredNamespaceOnly>