diff --git a/conf/yarn-site.xml.template b/conf/yarn-site.xml.template
index 37f6325..7c8eba1 100644
--- a/conf/yarn-site.xml.template
+++ b/conf/yarn-site.xml.template
@@ -66,5 +66,9 @@
         <name>yarn.nodemanager.pmem-check-enabled</name>
 	<value>false</value>
     </property>
-
+    <property>
+        <name>yarn.nodemanager.vmem-pmem-ratio</name>
+        <value>4</value>
+        <description>Ratio between virtual memory to physical memory when setting memory limits for containers</description>
+    </property>
 </configuration>