diff --git a/config/devstack.cfg b/config/devstack.cfg
index 3a3c6ee00c..afb769340f 100644
--- a/config/devstack.cfg
+++ b/config/devstack.cfg
@@ -120,3 +120,9 @@ api_root_url = http://localhost:8000/api/courses/v1/courses/
 
 [course-blocks]
 api_root_url = http://localhost:8000/api/courses/v1/blocks/
+
+[spark]
+driver-memory=3g
+executor-memory=3g
+executor-cores=1
+num-executors=1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/edx/analytics/tasks/common/spark.py b/edx/analytics/tasks/common/spark.py
index 60fc89ba45..fcca7285f1 100644
--- a/edx/analytics/tasks/common/spark.py
+++ b/edx/analytics/tasks/common/spark.py
@@ -206,8 +206,26 @@ class SparkJobTask(OverwriteOutputMixin, PySparkTask):
     _hive_context = None
     _tmp_dir = None
 
-    driver_memory = '2g'
-    executor_memory = '3g'
+    driver_memory = luigi.Parameter(
+        config_path={'section': 'spark', 'name': 'driver-memory'},
+        description='Memory for spark driver',
+        significant=False,
+    )
+    executor_memory = luigi.Parameter(
+        config_path={'section': 'spark', 'name': 'executor-memory'},
+        description='Memory for each executor',
+        significant=False,
+    )
+    executor_cores = luigi.Parameter(
+        config_path={'section': 'spark', 'name': 'executor-cores'},
+        description='No. of cores for each executor',
+        significant=False,
+    )
+    num_executors = luigi.Parameter(
+        config_path={'section': 'spark', 'name': 'num-executors'},
+        description='Total no. of executors for a job',
+        significant=False,
+    )
     always_log_stderr = False  # log stderr if spark fails, True for verbose log
 
     def init_spark(self, sc):