diff --git a/bazel/resmoke/resmoke_shim.py b/bazel/resmoke/resmoke_shim.py
index b1b6db9dbfd..f113d9832ae 100644
--- a/bazel/resmoke/resmoke_shim.py
+++ b/bazel/resmoke/resmoke_shim.py
@@ -105,6 +105,19 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             "--suites", "--originSuite"
         )
 
+    # Reduce the storage engine's cache size (if not already set) to reduce the likelihood
+    # of a mongod process being killed by the OOM killer. The configuration of the
+    # cache size is duplicated in evergreen/resmoke_tests_execute.sh, please update both.
+    storage_engine_in_memory = "--storageEngine=inMemory" in resmoke_args
+    storage_engine_cache_arg = [
+        arg for arg in resmoke_args if arg.startswith("--storageEngineCacheSizeGB")
+    ]
+    if not storage_engine_cache_arg:
+        if storage_engine_in_memory:
+            resmoke_args.append("--storageEngineCacheSizeGB=4")
+        else:
+            resmoke_args.append("--storageEngineCacheSizeGB=1")
+
     add_evergreen_build_info(resmoke_args)
 
     if os.environ.get("DEPS_PATH"):
diff --git a/buildscripts/resmokeconfig/BUILD.bazel b/buildscripts/resmokeconfig/BUILD.bazel
index 5dac61f36e7..8908831aaff 100644
--- a/buildscripts/resmokeconfig/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/buildscripts/resmokeconfig/BUILD.bazel
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ resmoke_suite_test(
         # Queryable encryption is not supported on standalone.
         "//jstests/core/query/queryable_encryption:all_subpackage_javascript_files",
     ],
-    resmoke_args = [
-        "--storageEngineCacheSizeGB=1",
-    ],
     shard_count = 24,
     tags = [
         "ci-development-critical-single-variant",
@@ -81,9 +78,6 @@ resmoke_suite_test(
     ],
     config = ":suites/jstestfuzz.yml",
     data = [":common_jstest_data"],
-    resmoke_args = [
-        "--storageEngineCacheSizeGB=1",
-    ],
     tags = [
         "manual",  # exclude from expansion of target pattern wildcards (..., :*, :all, etc.)
     ],
@@ -110,9 +104,6 @@ resmoke_suite_test(
         ":matrix_suites/overrides/multiversion.yml",
         "//:multiversion_binaries",
     ],
-    resmoke_args = [
-        "--storageEngineCacheSizeGB=1",
-    ],
     shard_count = 1,
     tags = [
         "manual",  # exclude from expansion of target pattern wildcards (..., :*, :all, etc.)
@@ -140,9 +131,6 @@ resmoke_suite_test(
         ":matrix_suites/overrides/multiversion.yml",
         "//:multiversion_binaries",
     ],
-    resmoke_args = [
-        "--storageEngineCacheSizeGB=1",
-    ],
     shard_count = 1,
     tags = [
         "manual",  # exclude from expansion of target pattern wildcards (..., :*, :all, etc.)
diff --git a/evergreen/resmoke_tests_execute.sh b/evergreen/resmoke_tests_execute.sh
index db38fac621d..c39ef1de49f 100755
--- a/evergreen/resmoke_tests_execute.sh
+++ b/evergreen/resmoke_tests_execute.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ if [[ ${disable_unit_tests} = "false" && ! -f ${skip_tests} ]]; then
     # We reduce the storage engine's cache size to reduce the likelihood of a mongod process
     # being killed by the OOM killer. The --storageEngineCacheSizeGB command line option is only
     # filled in with a default value here if one hasn't already been specified in the task's
-    # definition or build variant's definition.
+    # definition or build variant's definition. The configuration of cache size is duplicated in
+    # bazel/resmoke/resmoke_shim.py, please update both.
     set +o errexit
     echo "${resmoke_args} ${test_flags}" | grep -q storageEngineCacheSizeGB
     if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then