diff --git a/architecture/share/kernel-common.conf b/architecture/share/kernel-common.conf
index 8934b278a..4424922dc 100644
--- a/architecture/share/kernel-common.conf
+++ b/architecture/share/kernel-common.conf
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ dnl
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 
+# Default ramdisk size of 16384 KB, can be changed on boot
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=16384
+
 dnl Disable deprecated options we don't need
 dnl Deprecated sysfs files
 CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=n