diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2251ea66..ba1a6561 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ The **patch** part changes is incremented if multiple releases happen the same m
 
 ### Added
 
-* minifirewall: configure proxy/backup/sysctl values
 * etc-git: Commit /etc in lxc containers when they are git repositories
+* minifirewall: configure proxy/backup/sysctl values
 * nagios-nrpe: Add a check dhcp_pool
+* redis : Activate overcommit sysctl
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/redis/tasks/main.yml b/redis/tasks/main.yml
index 90f0aa12..10598aa6 100644
--- a/redis/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/redis/tasks/main.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@
     - packages
   when: redis_sentinel_install | bool
 
+- name: Linux kernel overcommit memory setting is enabled
+  sysctl:
+    name: "vm.overcommit_memory"
+    value: "1"
+    sysctl_file: "/etc/sysctl.d/evolinux-redis.conf"
+    state: present
+    reload: yes
+
 - name: Get Redis version
   shell: "redis-server -v | grep -Eo '(v=\\S+)' | cut -d'=' -f 2 | grep -E '^([0-9]|\\.)+$'"
   changed_when: false