diff --git a/roles/php/defaults/main.yml b/roles/php/defaults/main.yml
index 06bff16..57d59aa 100644
--- a/roles/php/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 ---
 
 php_modules: "['opcache', 'mysql', 'mbstring', 'gd']"
+
+php_memory_limit: "128M"
diff --git a/roles/php/tasks/main.yml b/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
index 849ceec..eef82b8 100644
--- a/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     - restart php-fpm
 
 - name: configure php
-  copy:
-    src: ./files/php.ini
+  template:
+    src: php.ini.j2
     dest: /etc/php/{{ php_version }}/fpm/php.ini
   notify:
     - restart php-fpm
diff --git a/roles/php/files/php.ini b/roles/php/templates/php.ini.j2
similarity index 99%
rename from roles/php/files/php.ini
rename to roles/php/templates/php.ini.j2
index 29694a0..047b3ff 100644
--- a/roles/php/files/php.ini
+++ b/roles/php/templates/php.ini.j2
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ max_input_time = 60
 
 ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (128MB)
 ; http://php.net/memory-limit
-memory_limit = 128M
+memory_limit = {{ php_memory_limit }}
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ; Error handling and logging ;