diff --git a/sys/mips/conf/AR933X_BASE b/sys/mips/conf/AR933X_BASE
index 6669de668ef4..38f847db12eb 100644
--- a/sys/mips/conf/AR933X_BASE
+++ b/sys/mips/conf/AR933X_BASE
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ options 	SCSI_NO_OP_STRINGS
 # .. And no sysctl strings
 options 	NO_SYSCTL_DESCR
 
+# For small memory footprints
+options		VM_KMEM_SIZE_SCALE=1
+
 # Limit IO size
 options 	NBUF=128