diff --git a/scripts/inference_deepvariant.sh b/scripts/inference_deepvariant.sh
index cdb8d9ec..62bf0c69 100755
--- a/scripts/inference_deepvariant.sh
+++ b/scripts/inference_deepvariant.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Flags:
 --docker_build (true|false)  Whether to build docker image. (default: false)
 --dry_run (true|false)  If true, print out the main commands instead of running. (default: false)
 --use_gpu (true|false)   Whether to use GPU when running case study. Make sure to specify vm_zone that is equipped with GPUs. (default: false)
+--shm_size Size of the shared memory in GB.
 --docker_source Where to pull the Docker image from. Default: google/deepvariant.
 --bin_version Version of DeepVariant model to use
 --customized_model Path to checkpoint directory containing model checkpoint.
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ BUILD_DOCKER=false
 DRY_RUN=false
 DISABLE_SMALL_MODEL=false
 USE_GPU=false
+SHM_SIZE=""
 SAVE_INTERMEDIATE_RESULTS=false
 SKIP_HAPPY=false
 # Strings; sorted alphabetically.
@@ -134,6 +136,11 @@ while (( "$#" )); do
       shift # Remove argument name from processing
       shift # Remove argument value from processing
       ;;
+    --shm_size)
+      SHM_SIZE="$2"
+      shift # Remove argument name from processing
+      shift # Remove argument value from processing
+      ;;
     --save_intermediate_results)
       SAVE_INTERMEDIATE_RESULTS="$2"
       if [[ "${SAVE_INTERMEDIATE_RESULTS}" != "true" ]] && [[ "${SAVE_INTERMEDIATE_RESULTS}" != "false" ]]; then
@@ -606,6 +613,9 @@ function get_docker_image() {
       tf.test.is_gpu_available() or exit(1)' \
       2> /dev/null || exit 1"
   fi
+  if [[ ! -z "${SHM_SIZE}" ]]; then
+    docker_args+=( --shm-size "${SHM_SIZE}")
+  fi
 }
 
 function setup_args() {