diff --git a/devtools/platform-descriptor-json/pom.xml b/devtools/platform-descriptor-json/pom.xml
index 84e610540172c..23d85256d3f0e 100644
--- a/devtools/platform-descriptor-json/pom.xml
+++ b/devtools/platform-descriptor-json/pom.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@
                         <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                         <configuration>
                             <executable>${gradle-wrapper.path}/${gradle.executable}</executable>
+                            <environmentVariables>
+                                <!-- Force a higher value than the default 64m, used by
+                                 gradlew script, to make sure the no-daemon option is honoured
+                                -->
+                                <JAVA_OPTS>-Xmx512m</JAVA_OPTS>
+                            </environmentVariables>
                             <arguments>
                                 <argument>wrapper</argument>
                                 <argument>--no-daemon</argument>