diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
index dc77a96..e85e56874 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@
      <description>Log level for running tests/build</description>
   </property>
   <property>
+		<name>storage.memorycomponent.numpages</name>
+		<value>8</value>
+		<description>The number of pages to allocate for a memory component.
+			(Default = 8)
+		</description>
+	</property>
+  <property>
      <name>txn.log.groupcommitinterval</name>
      <value>1</value>
      <description>The group commit wait time in milliseconds.</description>