diff --git a/Mesa-drivers.changes b/Mesa-drivers.changes
index c3e5ae5..4eb844e 100644
--- a/Mesa-drivers.changes
+++ b/Mesa-drivers.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar  2 13:32:42 UTC 2022 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
+
+- raise memory limit to 1024 in the hope of avoiding OOM on ppc64
+  (boo#1196640)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar  1 17:20:19 UTC 2022 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/Mesa-drivers.spec b/Mesa-drivers.spec
index 760f76b..2f7d17d 100644
--- a/Mesa-drivers.spec
+++ b/Mesa-drivers.spec
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ sed -i -e s/cpp_std=gnu++11/cpp_std=gnu++14/g meson.build
 %build
 # try to avoid OOM on ppc64 (boo#1194739)
 %ifarch ppc64 ppc64le
-%limit_build -m 750
+%limit_build -m 1024
 %endif
 
 egl_platforms=x11,wayland
diff --git a/Mesa.changes b/Mesa.changes
index c3e5ae5..4eb844e 100644
--- a/Mesa.changes
+++ b/Mesa.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar  2 13:32:42 UTC 2022 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
+
+- raise memory limit to 1024 in the hope of avoiding OOM on ppc64
+  (boo#1196640)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar  1 17:20:19 UTC 2022 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/Mesa.spec b/Mesa.spec
index a02a90e..f463879 100644
--- a/Mesa.spec
+++ b/Mesa.spec
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ sed -i -e s/cpp_std=gnu++11/cpp_std=gnu++14/g meson.build
 %build
 # try to avoid OOM on ppc64 (boo#1194739)
 %ifarch ppc64 ppc64le
-%limit_build -m 750
+%limit_build -m 1024
 %endif
 
 egl_platforms=x11,wayland