diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/copr_dist_git_dev_aws b/inventory/group_vars/copr_dist_git_dev_aws
index ab60339786..9e862c8f20 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/copr_dist_git_dev_aws
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/copr_dist_git_dev_aws
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ tcp_ports: [22, 80, 443]
 datacenter: aws
 freezes: false
 devel: true
+swap_file_size_mb: 2048
+swap_file_path: /swap
 
 # consumed by roles/copr/certbot
 letsencrypt:
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/copr-dist-git.yml b/playbooks/groups/copr-dist-git.yml
index 403f34a9a9..9b6b69eabe 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/copr-dist-git.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/copr-dist-git.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 
   - import_tasks: "{{ tasks_path }}/aws_cloud.yml"
     when: datacenter == 'aws'
+  - import_tasks: "{{ tasks_path }}/swap.yml"
+    when:
+      - datacenter == 'aws'
+      - swap_file_size_mb is defined
 
 - name: cloud basic setup
   hosts: copr_dist_git_dev:copr_dist_git_stg:copr_dist_git:copr_dist_git_dev_aws:copr_dist_git_aws