diff --git a/tutorials/frontend/deploy_sparse.py b/tutorials/frontend/deploy_sparse.py
index d3375c40fe72..f0af12b709e2 100644
--- a/tutorials/frontend/deploy_sparse.py
+++ b/tutorials/frontend/deploy_sparse.py
@@ -90,6 +90,20 @@
 import scipy.sparse as sp
 
 
+# Ask tensorflow to limit its GPU memory to what's actually needed
+# instead of gobbling everything that's available.
+# https://www.tensorflow.org/guide/gpu#limiting_gpu_memory_growth
+# This way this tutorial is a little more friendly to sphinx-gallery.
+gpus = tf.config.list_physical_devices("GPU")
+if gpus:
+    try:
+        for gpu in gpus:
+            tf.config.experimental.set_memory_growth(gpu, True)
+        print("tensorflow will use experimental.set_memory_growth(True)")
+    except RuntimeError as e:
+        print("experimental.set_memory_growth option is not available: {}".format(e))
+
+
 ###############################################################################
 # Configure Settings
 # ------------------
diff --git a/tutorials/frontend/from_tensorflow.py b/tutorials/frontend/from_tensorflow.py
index fc87c07fb569..4563e245c0cf 100644
--- a/tutorials/frontend/from_tensorflow.py
+++ b/tutorials/frontend/from_tensorflow.py
@@ -36,6 +36,21 @@
 # Tensorflow imports
 import tensorflow as tf
 
+
+# Ask tensorflow to limit its GPU memory to what's actually needed
+# instead of gobbling everything that's available.
+# https://www.tensorflow.org/guide/gpu#limiting_gpu_memory_growth
+# This way this tutorial is a little more friendly to sphinx-gallery.
+gpus = tf.config.list_physical_devices("GPU")
+if gpus:
+    try:
+        for gpu in gpus:
+            tf.config.experimental.set_memory_growth(gpu, True)
+        print("tensorflow will use experimental.set_memory_growth(True)")
+    except RuntimeError as e:
+        print("experimental.set_memory_growth option is not available: {}".format(e))
+
+
 try:
     tf_compat_v1 = tf.compat.v1
 except ImportError: