diff --git a/Sources/Containerization/LinuxContainer.swift b/Sources/Containerization/LinuxContainer.swift
index d49126a6..b43900e6 100644
--- a/Sources/Containerization/LinuxContainer.swift
+++ b/Sources/Containerization/LinuxContainer.swift
@@ -526,14 +526,9 @@ extension LinuxContainer {
             // The container cgroup limit stays at the requested memory, but the VM
             // gets an additional 50MB for the guest agent (could be higher, could be lower
             // but this is a decent baseline for now).
-            //
-            // Clamp to system RAM if the total would exceed it as Virtualization.framework
-            // bounds us to this.
             let guestAgentOverhead: UInt64 = 50.mib()
-            let vmMemory = min(
-                self.memoryInBytes + guestAgentOverhead,
-                ProcessInfo.processInfo.physicalMemory
-            )
+            let mib: UInt64 = 1.mib()
+            let vmMemory = (self.memoryInBytes + guestAgentOverhead + mib - 1) & ~(mib - 1)
 
             // Prepare file mounts. This transforms single-file mounts into directory shares.
             let fileMountContext = try FileMountContext.prepare(mounts: self.config.mounts)
diff --git a/Sources/Containerization/VZVirtualMachineManager.swift b/Sources/Containerization/VZVirtualMachineManager.swift
index 427c3ad0..27849729 100644
--- a/Sources/Containerization/VZVirtualMachineManager.swift
+++ b/Sources/Containerization/VZVirtualMachineManager.swift
@@ -52,12 +52,15 @@ public struct VZVirtualMachineManager: VirtualMachineManager {
         // Use nested virtualization if requested in config or set as default in manager
         let useNestedVirtualization = vmConfig.nestedVirtualization || self.nestedVirtualization
 
+        // Clamp to system RAM as Virtualization.framework bounds us to this.
+        let memoryInBytes = min(vmConfig.memoryInBytes, ProcessInfo.processInfo.physicalMemory)
+
         return try VZVirtualMachineInstance(
             group: self.group,
             logger: self.logger,
             with: { instanceConfig in
                 instanceConfig.cpus = vmConfig.cpus
-                instanceConfig.memoryInBytes = vmConfig.memoryInBytes
+                instanceConfig.memoryInBytes = memoryInBytes
 
                 instanceConfig.kernel = self.kernel
                 instanceConfig.initialFilesystem = self.initialFilesystem