diff --git a/rules_java_gapic/BUILD.bazel b/rules_java_gapic/BUILD.bazel
index 1d3f0b6c03..34a5a2948d 100644
--- a/rules_java_gapic/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/rules_java_gapic/BUILD.bazel
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pkg_tar(
     files = {
         "resources/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar": "gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar",
         "resources/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties": "gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties",
+        "resources/gradle/gradle.properties": "gradle.properties",
         "resources/gradle/gradlew": "gradlew",
         "resources/gradle/gradlew.bat": "gradlew.bat",
     },
diff --git a/rules_java_gapic/resources/gradle/gradle.properties b/rules_java_gapic/resources/gradle/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..899c9f99f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules_java_gapic/resources/gradle/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m