diff --git a/tests/hostside/java/android/virt/test/MicrodroidTestCase.java b/tests/hostside/java/android/virt/test/MicrodroidTestCase.java
index 7d8cf85..69638d8 100644
--- a/tests/hostside/java/android/virt/test/MicrodroidTestCase.java
+++ b/tests/hostside/java/android/virt/test/MicrodroidTestCase.java
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
     private static final String APK_NAME = "MicrodroidTestApp.apk";
     private static final String PACKAGE_NAME = "com.android.microdroid.test";
 
-    private static final int MIN_MEM_ARM64 = 256;
-    private static final int MIN_MEM_X86_64 = 400;
+    private static final int MIN_MEM_ARM64 = 145;
+    private static final int MIN_MEM_X86_64 = 196;
 
     // Number of vCPUs and their affinity to host CPUs for testing purpose
     private static final int NUM_VCPUS = 3;
diff --git a/tests/testapk/src/java/com/android/microdroid/test/MicrodroidTests.java b/tests/testapk/src/java/com/android/microdroid/test/MicrodroidTests.java
index 0e99745..49575be 100644
--- a/tests/testapk/src/java/com/android/microdroid/test/MicrodroidTests.java
+++ b/tests/testapk/src/java/com/android/microdroid/test/MicrodroidTests.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import static java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor;
 import android.system.virtualmachine.VirtualMachine;
 import android.system.virtualmachine.VirtualMachineCallback;
@@ -127,10 +128,24 @@
         public void onDied(VirtualMachine vm) {}
     }
 
+    private static final int MIN_MEM_ARM64 = 135;
+    private static final int MIN_MEM_X86_64 = 196;
+
     @Test
     public void startAndStop() throws VirtualMachineException, InterruptedException {
         VirtualMachineConfig.Builder builder =
                 new VirtualMachineConfig.Builder(mInner.mContext, "assets/vm_config.json");
+        if (Build.SUPPORTED_ABIS.length > 0) {
+            String primaryAbi = Build.SUPPORTED_ABIS[0];
+            switch(primaryAbi) {
+                case "x86_64":
+                    builder.memoryMib(MIN_MEM_X86_64);
+                    break;
+                case "arm64-v8a":
+                    builder.memoryMib(MIN_MEM_ARM64);
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
         VirtualMachineConfig config = builder.build();
 
         mInner.mVm = mInner.mVmm.getOrCreate("test_vm", config);