diff --git a/apps/emqx/etc/emqx_cloud/vm.args b/apps/emqx/etc/emqx_cloud/vm.args
index 1e6b0b4cb..0ee4b1e15 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/etc/emqx_cloud/vm.args
+++ b/apps/emqx/etc/emqx_cloud/vm.args
@@ -116,3 +116,7 @@
 
 ## patches dir
 -pa {{ platform_data_dir }}/patches
+
+## Mnesia thresholds
+-mnesia dump_log_write_threshold 5000
+-mnesia dump_log_time_threshold 60000
diff --git a/apps/emqx/etc/emqx_edge/vm.args b/apps/emqx/etc/emqx_edge/vm.args
index ef9749738..70ce81f9f 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/etc/emqx_edge/vm.args
+++ b/apps/emqx/etc/emqx_edge/vm.args
@@ -114,3 +114,7 @@
 
 ## patches dir
 -pa {{ platform_data_dir }}/patches
+
+## Mnesia thresholds
+-mnesia dump_log_write_threshold 5000
+-mnesia dump_log_time_threshold 60000