diff --git a/scripts/microvm-runner-launch b/scripts/microvm-runner-launch
index 4a29308..299cb0f 100755
--- a/scripts/microvm-runner-launch
+++ b/scripts/microvm-runner-launch
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ ip link set "$tap" up
 if timeout --signal=TERM --kill-after=30s "$vm_timeout" "$cloud_hypervisor" \
         --firmware "$firmware" \
         --cpus "boot=$cpus" \
-        --memory "size=$memory" \
+        --memory "size=$memory,shared=on" \
         --disk "path=$overlay,image_type=qcow2,direct=on,sparse=off" \
         --disk "path=$seed,readonly=on,image_type=raw,direct=on,sparse=off" \
         --net "tap=$tap,mac=$mac" \