diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index f797229f4..eb4182f27 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ task:
   container:
     dockerfile: contrib/build-linux/appimage/Dockerfile
     cpu: 2
-    memory: 1G
+    memory: 2G
   pip_cache:
     folder: contrib/build-linux/appimage/.cache/pip_cache
     fingerprint_script:
diff --git a/contrib/build_tools_util.sh b/contrib/build_tools_util.sh
index bd157ae37..1741761b4 100755
--- a/contrib/build_tools_util.sh
+++ b/contrib/build_tools_util.sh
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ fi
 
 export GCC_STRIP_BINARIES="${GCC_STRIP_BINARIES:-0}"
 export CPU_COUNT="$(nproc 2> /dev/null || sysctl -n hw.ncpu)"
+info "Found $CPU_COUNT CPUs, which we might use for building."
 
 
 function break_legacy_easy_install() {