diff --git a/cmds/installd/run_dex2oat.cpp b/cmds/installd/run_dex2oat.cpp
index a27fd10..e847626 100644
--- a/cmds/installd/run_dex2oat.cpp
+++ b/cmds/installd/run_dex2oat.cpp
@@ -324,6 +324,12 @@
 
     AddRuntimeArg(MapPropertyToArg("dalvik.vm.dex2oat-Xms", "-Xms%s"));
     AddRuntimeArg(MapPropertyToArg("dalvik.vm.dex2oat-Xmx", "-Xmx%s"));
+
+    // Enable compiling dex files in isolation on low ram devices.
+    // It takes longer but reduces the memory footprint.
+    if (GetBoolProperty("ro.config.low_ram", false)) {
+      AddArg("--compile-individually");
+    }
 }
 
 void RunDex2Oat::Exec(int exit_code) {