--- a/service/instance.c
+++ b/service/instance.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ enum {
 	INSTANCE_ATTR_JAIL,
 	INSTANCE_ATTR_TRACE,
 	INSTANCE_ATTR_SECCOMP,
+	INSTANCE_ATTR_OOM_ADJ,
 	__INSTANCE_ATTR_MAX
 };
 
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ static const struct blobmsg_policy insta
 	[INSTANCE_ATTR_JAIL] = { "jail", BLOBMSG_TYPE_TABLE },
 	[INSTANCE_ATTR_TRACE] = { "trace", BLOBMSG_TYPE_BOOL },
 	[INSTANCE_ATTR_SECCOMP] = { "seccomp", BLOBMSG_TYPE_STRING },
+	[INSTANCE_ATTR_OOM_ADJ] = { "oom_adj", BLOBMSG_TYPE_INT32 },
 };
 
 enum {
@@ -330,6 +332,34 @@ instance_free_stdio(struct service_insta
 	}
 }
 
+static int
+set_oom_adj(unsigned int pid, int oom_adj)
+{
+        int fd;
+        char path[32];
+        char oom_adj_string[4];
+
+        memset(path, 0, sizeof(path));
+        memset(oom_adj_string, 0, sizeof(oom_adj_string));
+        snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/%d/oom_adj", pid);
+
+        fd = open(path, O_RDWR);
+        if(fd < 0) {
+                ULOG_ERR("open %s failed\n", path);
+                return -1;
+        }
+
+        snprintf(oom_adj_string, sizeof(oom_adj_string), "%d", oom_adj);
+        if(write(fd, oom_adj_string, strlen(oom_adj_string)) <= 0) {
+                ULOG_ERR("write %s failed\n", path);
+                close(fd);
+                return -1;
+        }
+
+        close(fd);
+        return 0;
+}
+
 void
 instance_start(struct service_instance *in)
 {
@@ -380,6 +410,7 @@ instance_start(struct service_instance *
 
 	DEBUG(2, "Started instance %s::%s\n", in->srv->name, in->name);
 	in->proc.pid = pid;
+	set_oom_adj(in->proc.pid, in->oom_adj);
 	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &in->start);
 	uloop_process_add(&in->proc);
 
@@ -780,6 +811,12 @@ instance_config_parse(struct service_ins
 		else
 			in->seccomp = seccomp;
 	}
+	if ((cur = tb[INSTANCE_ATTR_OOM_ADJ])) {
+		in->oom_adj= (int32_t) blobmsg_get_u32(cur);
+		if (in->oom_adj < -17 || in->oom_adj > 15)
+			return false;
+	}
+
 	if (!in->trace && tb[INSTANCE_ATTR_JAIL])
 		in->has_jail = instance_jail_parse(in, tb[INSTANCE_ATTR_JAIL]);
 
@@ -913,8 +950,10 @@ void instance_dump(struct blob_buf *b, s
 
 	i = blobmsg_open_table(b, in->name);
 	blobmsg_add_u8(b, "running", in->proc.pending);
-	if (in->proc.pending)
+	if (in->proc.pending) {
 		blobmsg_add_u32(b, "pid", in->proc.pid);
+		blobmsg_add_u32(b, "oom_adj", in->oom_adj);
+	}
 	blobmsg_add_blob(b, in->command);
 
 	if (!avl_is_empty(&in->errors.avl)) {
--- a/service/instance.h
+++ b/service/instance.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ struct service_instance {
 	uint32_t respawn_threshold;
 	uint32_t respawn_retry;
 
+	int oom_adj;
+
 	struct blob_attr *config;
 	struct uloop_process proc;
 	struct uloop_timeout timeout;
--- a/service/service.c
+++ b/service/service.c
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ service_start_early(char *name, char *cm
 	blobmsg_add_string(&b, "name", name);
 	instances = blobmsg_open_table(&b, "instances");
 	instance = blobmsg_open_table(&b, "instance1");
+	blobmsg_add_u32(&b, "oom_adj", -17);
 	command = blobmsg_open_array(&b, "command");
 	t = strtok(cmdline, " ");
 	while (t) {