diff --git a/packages/imba/bin/imba.imba b/packages/imba/bin/imba.imba
index 25fcec235..7f1a7a808 100644
--- a/packages/imba/bin/imba.imba
+++ b/packages/imba/bin/imba.imba
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ def common cmd
 common(cli.command('run [script]', { isDefault: true }).description('Imba'))
 	.option("-i, --instances [count]", "Number of instances to start",fmt.i,1)
 	.option("--inspect", "Debug")
+	.option("--memlimit <bytes>", "Set the memory limit of the process")
 	.action(run)
 
 common(cli.command('build [script]').description('Build an imba/js/html entrypoint and their dependencies'))
diff --git a/packages/imba/src/bundler/runner.imba b/packages/imba/src/bundler/runner.imba
index 5e016f54b..c3a198fb8 100644
--- a/packages/imba/src/bundler/runner.imba
+++ b/packages/imba/src/bundler/runner.imba
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class WorkerInstance
 			execArgv: [
 				o.inspect and '--inspect',
 				(o.sourcemap or bundle.sourcemapped?) and '--enable-source-maps'
+				o.memlimit and `--max_old_space_size={o.memlimit}`
 			].filter do $1
 		}