diff --git a/.buckconfig b/.buckconfig
index 743ee4f3..e1e123db 100644
--- a/.buckconfig
+++ b/.buckconfig
@@ -36,3 +36,11 @@ sqlite_materializer_state = true
 # Persist the dep-file cache too, so local actions still hit it after a daemon restart.
 sqlite_dep_file_state = true
 defer_write_actions = true
+
+[buck2_resource_control]
+# A host without a systemd user manager, such as a container, runs the daemon without cgroups.
+status = if_available
+enable_suspension = true
+# Killing a suspended action throws away its work, and a long action such as an RPM build then starts
+# over. A frozen action keeps its work, but the kernel frees its memory only by swapping it out.
+preferred_action_suspend_strategy = cgroup_freeze