diff --git a/tools/gulp-tasks/build.js b/tools/gulp-tasks/build.js
index e8d94013da..5d724f233d 100644
--- a/tools/gulp-tasks/build.js
+++ b/tools/gulp-tasks/build.js
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 module.exports = (gulp) => (done) => {
   const path = require('path');
   const childProcess = require('child_process');
-  childProcess.exec(path.join(__dirname, '../../build.sh'), done);
+  // increase maxbuffer to address out of memory exception when running certain tasks
+  childProcess.exec(path.join(__dirname, '../../build.sh'), {maxBuffer: 300 * 1024}, done);
 };