diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/vm.conf b/meta-ibm/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/vm.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10c1ac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/vm.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+vm.panic_on_oom=2
diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend b/meta-ibm/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
index 354ea40..b55a7f7 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 SRC_URI:append:p10bmc = " file://journald-storage-policy.conf"
 SRC_URI:append:p10bmc = " file://systemd-journald-override.conf"
 SRC_URI:append:p10bmc = " file://journald-size-policy-16MB.conf"
+SRC_URI:append:p10bmc = " file://vm.conf"
 
 FILES:${PN}:append:ibm-ac-server = " ${systemd_unitdir}/journald.conf.d/journald-storage-policy.conf"
 FILES:${PN}:append:ibm-ac-server = " ${systemd_system_unitdir}/systemd-journald.service.d/systemd-journald-override.conf"
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 FILES:${PN}:append:p10bmc = " ${systemd_unitdir}/journald.conf.d/journald-storage-policy.conf"
 FILES:${PN}:append:p10bmc = " ${systemd_system_unitdir}/systemd-journald.service.d/systemd-journald-override.conf"
 FILES:${PN}:append:p10bmc = " ${systemd_unitdir}/journald.conf.d/journald-size-policy.conf"
+FILES:${PN}:append:p10bmc = " ${sysconfdir}/sysctl.d/vm.conf"
 
 do_install:append:ibm-ac-server() {
         install -m 644 -D ${WORKDIR}/journald-storage-policy.conf ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/journald.conf.d/journald-storage-policy.conf
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@
         install -m 644 -D ${WORKDIR}/journald-storage-policy.conf ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/journald.conf.d/journald-storage-policy.conf
         install -m 644 -D ${WORKDIR}/systemd-journald-override.conf ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/systemd-journald.service.d/systemd-journald-override.conf
         install -m 644 -D ${WORKDIR}/journald-size-policy-16MB.conf ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/journald.conf.d/journald-size-policy.conf
+        install -m 644 -D ${WORKDIR}/vm.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}/sysctl.d/vm.conf
 }
 
 # Witherspoon doesn't have the space for the both zstd and xz compression