diff --git a/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64 b/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64
index b1b0cc201e..186f074bd8 100644
--- a/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64
+++ b/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ function xtf_arch_setup()
         -nographic \
         -monitor none \
         -serial stdio \
-        -m 512 \
+        -m 2048 \
+        -smp 2 \
         -kernel ${XEN_BINARY} \
         -initrd ${XTF_BINARY} \
         -append \"${XEN_CMDLINE}\" \
diff --git a/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64-efi b/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64-efi
index 8340c745db..15c6463dcd 100644
--- a/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64-efi
+++ b/automation/scripts/include/xtf-x86-64-efi
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ EOF
         -nographic \
         -monitor none \
         -serial stdio \
-        -m 512 \
+        -m 2048 \
+        -smp 2 \
         -M q35,kernel-irqchip=split \
         -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly=on,file=${FW_PREFIX}OVMF_CODE${suff}.fd \
         -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=${WORKDIR}/OVMF_VARS${suff}.fd \