diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
index b3d3dcb9fb61f..21aaac71491e2 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ func NewKubeletServer() *KubeletServer {
 			OutOfDiskTransitionFrequency:     unversioned.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Minute},
 			HairpinMode:                      componentconfig.PromiscuousBridge,
 			BabysitDaemons:                   false,
+			EvictionHard:                     "memory.available<100Mi",
 			EvictionPressureTransitionPeriod: unversioned.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Minute},
 			PodsPerCore:                      0,
 		},