diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3eba538..cbf81e6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
-project(tidesdb_cpp VERSION 2.3.3 LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(tidesdb_cpp VERSION 2.3.4 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
diff --git a/include/tidesdb/tidesdb.hpp b/include/tidesdb/tidesdb.hpp
index a916286..393f447 100644
--- a/include/tidesdb/tidesdb.hpp
+++ b/include/tidesdb/tidesdb.hpp
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ struct Config
     std::size_t maxOpenSSTables = 256;
     bool logToFile = false;
     std::size_t logTruncationAt = 24 * 1024 * 1024;
+    std::size_t maxMemoryUsage = 0;  ///< Global memory limit in bytes (0 = auto)
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/tidesdb.cpp b/src/tidesdb.cpp
index 94fa4a9..1a7782d 100644
--- a/src/tidesdb.cpp
+++ b/src/tidesdb.cpp
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ TidesDB::TidesDB(const Config& config)
     cConfig.max_open_sstables = config.maxOpenSSTables;
     cConfig.log_to_file = config.logToFile ? 1 : 0;
     cConfig.log_truncation_at = config.logTruncationAt;
+    cConfig.max_memory_usage = config.maxMemoryUsage;
 
     int result = tidesdb_open(&cConfig, &db_);
     checkResult(result, "failed to open database");
@@ -800,6 +801,7 @@ Config TidesDB::defaultConfig()
     config.maxOpenSSTables = cConfig.max_open_sstables;
     config.logToFile = cConfig.log_to_file != 0;
     config.logTruncationAt = cConfig.log_truncation_at;
+    config.maxMemoryUsage = cConfig.max_memory_usage;
 
     return config;
 }