diff --git a/roles/server/defaults/main.yml b/roles/server/defaults/main.yml
index 92901a4..9f8f2f9 100644
--- a/roles/server/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/server/defaults/main.yml
@@ -74,3 +74,6 @@ nextcloud_fpm_max_children: 64
 nextcloud_fpm_start_servers: "{{ nextcloud_fpm_max_children / 2 | int }}"
 nextcloud_fpm_min_spare_servers: "{{ nextcloud_fpm_max_children / 4 | int }}"
 nextcloud_fpm_max_spare_servers: "{{ nextcloud_fpm_max_children * 3/4 | int }}"
+
+nextcloud_php_memory_limit: 1024M
+nextcloud_php_upload_limit: 1024M
diff --git a/roles/server/vars/main.yml b/roles/server/vars/main.yml
index 970478f..5396a1e 100644
--- a/roles/server/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/server/vars/main.yml
@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@ nextcloud_container_base_environment_yaml: |+2
   {% elif nextcloud_database_type == 'sqlite' %}
   SQLITE_DATABASE: "{{ nextcloud_database_name }}"
   {% endif %}
+  PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT: "{{ nextcloud_php_memory_limit }}"
+  PHP_UPLOAD_LIMIT: "{{ nextcloud_php_upload_limit }}"
 
 nextcloud_occ_command: "php occ"