diff --git a/commands/bzip2-1.0.3/Makefile b/commands/bzip2-1.0.3/Makefile
index 0d0d4e9f0..42fcf3247 100644
--- a/commands/bzip2-1.0.3/Makefile
+++ b/commands/bzip2-1.0.3/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ include ../bigmake.inc
 all: all_notest test_nodep
 
 all_notest: libbz2.a bzip2 bzip2recover 
-	chmem =8000000 bzip2
+	chmem =2750000 bzip2
 
 bzip2: libbz2.a bzip2.o
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o bzip2 bzip2.o -L. -lbz2