diff --git a/ansible/roles/restic/files/backrest.sh b/ansible/roles/restic/files/backrest.sh
index 3ddc555..82e853f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/restic/files/backrest.sh
+++ b/ansible/roles/restic/files/backrest.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export B2_ACCOUNT_ID="{{ restic_b2_account_id }}"
 export B2_ACCOUNT_KEY="{{ restic_b2_account_key }}"
 export RESTIC_PASSWORD="{{ restic_key }}"
 export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="b2:{{ restic_b2_bucket }}"
+export GOGC=20  # HACK: Work around for restic's high memory usage https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1988
 
 export RESTIC_LOG_DIR="$HOME/log"
 export RESTIC_LOG_FILE="$RESTIC_LOG_DIR/$1-$(date -Iseconds).log"