diff --git a/repo/gradle-build-conventions/buildsrc-compat/src/main/kotlin/tasks.kt b/repo/gradle-build-conventions/buildsrc-compat/src/main/kotlin/tasks.kt
index bdd3185527c..00a02788932 100644
--- a/repo/gradle-build-conventions/buildsrc-compat/src/main/kotlin/tasks.kt
+++ b/repo/gradle-build-conventions/buildsrc-compat/src/main/kotlin/tasks.kt
@@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ fun Project.projectTest(
             "-Djna.nosys=true"
         )
 
+        val nativeMemoryTracking = project.providers.gradleProperty("kotlin.build.test.process.NativeMemoryTracking")
+        if (nativeMemoryTracking.isPresent) {
+            jvmArgs("-XX:NativeMemoryTracking=${nativeMemoryTracking.get()}")
+        }
+
         val junit5ParallelTestWorkers =
             project.kotlinBuildProperties.junit5NumberOfThreadsForParallelExecution ?: Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors()