diff --git a/cluster/mesos/docker/docker-compose.yml b/cluster/mesos/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 0172eb5f207f0..08d1d2505c6f3 100644
--- a/cluster/mesos/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/cluster/mesos/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ mesosslave:
   - MESOS_SWITCH_USER=0
   - MESOS_CONTAINERIZERS=docker,mesos
   - MESOS_ISOLATION=cgroups/cpu,cgroups/mem
+  - VAR_LIB_DOCKER_SIZE=10
   - DOCKER_DAEMON_ARGS
   links:
   - etcd