diff --git a/config/global.ini.php b/config/global.ini.php
index d53ad8b109bf1616d0229e4e2e2e9290ca0b7e84..e6ff05d97e269bf9da84b86c4a225a154dafb6de 100644
--- a/config/global.ini.php
+++ b/config/global.ini.php
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ minimum_pgsql_version = 8.3
 ; Minimum adviced memory limit in php.ini file (see memory_limit value)
 minimum_memory_limit = 128
 
+; Minimum memory limit enforced when archived via misc/cron/archive.php
+minimum_memory_limit_when_archiving = 768
+
 ; Piwik will check that usernames and password have a minimum length, and will check that characters are "allowed"
 ; This can be disabled, if for example you wish to import an existing User database in Piwik and your rules are less restrictive
 disable_checks_usernames_attributes = 0
diff --git a/core/Piwik.php b/core/Piwik.php
index a27ec3b4b31c09fb68395b3fa219145f70f9bd07..287bb70bac68f9f280ab88293febba9d670b52d4 100644
--- a/core/Piwik.php
+++ b/core/Piwik.php
@@ -968,14 +968,26 @@ class Piwik
 	 */
 	static public function raiseMemoryLimitIfNecessary()
 	{
-		$minimumMemoryLimit = Zend_Registry::get('config')->General->minimum_memory_limit;
 		$memoryLimit = self::getMemoryLimitValue();
-		if($memoryLimit !== false
-			&& $memoryLimit < $minimumMemoryLimit)
+		if($memoryLimit === false)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+		$minimumMemoryLimit = Zend_Registry::get('config')->General->minimum_memory_limit;
+		
+		if(Piwik_Common::isArchivePhpTriggered())
+		{
+			$minimumMemoryLimitWhenArchiving = Zend_Registry::get('config')->General->minimum_memory_limit_when_archiving;
+			if($memoryLimit < $minimumMemoryLimitWhenArchiving)
+			{
+				return self::setMemoryLimit($minimumMemoryLimitWhenArchiving);
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
+		if($memoryLimit < $minimumMemoryLimit)
 		{
 			return self::setMemoryLimit($minimumMemoryLimit);
 		}
-
 		return false;
 	}