diff --git a/repos/ports/recipes/raw/gdb_x86/gdb.config b/repos/ports/recipes/raw/gdb_x86/gdb.config
index 156f262ebf..81c66f8ef5 100644
--- a/repos/ports/recipes/raw/gdb_x86/gdb.config
+++ b/repos/ports/recipes/raw/gdb_x86/gdb.config
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@
 		</route>
 	</start>
 
-	<start name="gdb" caps="200">
+	<start name="gdb" caps="1000">
 		<binary name="/bin/genode-x86-gdb"/>
-		<resource name="RAM" quantum="64M" />
+		<resource name="RAM" quantum="1G" />
 		<config>
 			<vfs>
 				<dir name="dev">