diff --git a/certification.local.manifest b/certification.local.manifest
index 634de9f801..756744bc1f 100644
--- a/certification.local.manifest
+++ b/certification.local.manifest
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ DevGuide.md||GHIDRA||||END|
 LICENSE||GHIDRA||||END|
 NOTICE||GHIDRA||||END|
 README.md||GHIDRA||||END|
+gradle.properties||GHIDRA||||END|
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf8c2ba4ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Increase maximum Gradle heap size (default is 1G)
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2G