diff --git a/runner/internal/shim/api/schemas.go b/runner/internal/shim/api/schemas.go
index 65d3bd284..d9141956b 100644
--- a/runner/internal/shim/api/schemas.go
+++ b/runner/internal/shim/api/schemas.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ type DockerTaskBody struct {
 	Username  string `json:"username"`
 	Password  string `json:"password"`
 	ImageName string `json:"image_name"`
+	ShmSize   int64  `json:"shm_size"`
 }
 
 type StopBody struct {
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ func (ra DockerTaskBody) TaskParams() shim.DockerImageConfig {
 		ImageName: ra.ImageName,
 		Username:  ra.Username,
 		Password:  ra.Password,
+		ShmSize:   ra.ShmSize,
 	}
 	return res
 }
diff --git a/runner/internal/shim/docker.go b/runner/internal/shim/docker.go
index cc394da0d..42ecbe3db 100644
--- a/runner/internal/shim/docker.go
+++ b/runner/internal/shim/docker.go
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ func createContainer(ctx context.Context, client docker.APIClient, dockerParams
 		Resources: container.Resources{
 			DeviceRequests: gpuRequest,
 		},
-		Mounts: mounts,
+		Mounts:  mounts,
+		ShmSize: taskParams.ShmSize,
 	}
 	resp, err := client.ContainerCreate(ctx, containerConfig, hostConfig, nil, nil, "")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/runner/internal/shim/models.go b/runner/internal/shim/models.go
index 913587e52..e3ff1a58d 100644
--- a/runner/internal/shim/models.go
+++ b/runner/internal/shim/models.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ type DockerImageConfig struct {
 	Username  string
 	Password  string
 	ImageName string
+	ShmSize   int64
 }
 
 func (ra DockerImageConfig) EncodeRegistryAuth() (string, error) {
diff --git a/src/dstack/_internal/server/background/tasks/process_running_jobs.py b/src/dstack/_internal/server/background/tasks/process_running_jobs.py
index d27005ec0..41a5f7002 100644
--- a/src/dstack/_internal/server/background/tasks/process_running_jobs.py
+++ b/src/dstack/_internal/server/background/tasks/process_running_jobs.py
@@ -352,12 +352,14 @@ def _process_provisioning_with_shim(
             username=interpolate(registry_auth.username),
             password=interpolate(registry_auth.password),
             image_name=job_spec.image_name,
+            shm_size=job_spec.requirements.resources.shm_size,
         )
     else:
         shim_client.submit(
             username="",
             password="",
             image_name=job_spec.image_name,
+            shm_size=job_spec.requirements.resources.shm_size,
         )
 
     job_model.status = JobStatus.PULLING
diff --git a/src/dstack/_internal/server/schemas/runner.py b/src/dstack/_internal/server/schemas/runner.py
index f63cd7626..3039f2bce 100644
--- a/src/dstack/_internal/server/schemas/runner.py
+++ b/src/dstack/_internal/server/schemas/runner.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class DockerImageBody(BaseModel):
     username: str
     password: str
     image_name: str
+    shm_size: int
 
 
 class StopBody(BaseModel):
diff --git a/src/dstack/_internal/server/services/runner/client.py b/src/dstack/_internal/server/services/runner/client.py
index 738fab2ae..ad753a4cb 100644
--- a/src/dstack/_internal/server/services/runner/client.py
+++ b/src/dstack/_internal/server/services/runner/client.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import requests.exceptions
 
 from dstack._internal.core.models.repos.remote import RemoteRepoCreds
+from dstack._internal.core.models.resources import Memory
 from dstack._internal.core.models.runs import JobSpec, RunSpec
 from dstack._internal.server.schemas.runner import (
     DockerImageBody,
@@ -102,9 +103,10 @@ def healthcheck(self, unmask_exeptions: bool = False) -> Optional[HealthcheckRes
                 raise
             return None
 
-    def submit(self, username: str, password: str, image_name: str):
+    def submit(self, username: str, password: str, image_name: str, shm_size: Optional[Memory]):
+        _shm_size = int(shm_size * 1024 * 1024 * 1014) if shm_size else 0
         post_body = DockerImageBody(
-            username=username, password=password, image_name=image_name
+            username=username, password=password, image_name=image_name, shm_size=_shm_size
         ).dict()
         resp = requests.post(
             self._url("/api/submit"),
diff --git a/src/tests/_internal/server/background/tasks/test_process_running_jobs.py b/src/tests/_internal/server/background/tasks/test_process_running_jobs.py
index 1ecb4df89..6a8d8199b 100644
--- a/src/tests/_internal/server/background/tasks/test_process_running_jobs.py
+++ b/src/tests/_internal/server/background/tasks/test_process_running_jobs.py
@@ -221,7 +221,10 @@ async def test_provisioning_shim(self, test_db, session: AsyncSession):
             RunnerTunnelMock.assert_called_once()
             ShimClientMock.return_value.healthcheck.assert_called_once()
             ShimClientMock.return_value.submit.assert_called_once_with(
-                username="", password="", image_name="dstackai/base:py3.11-0.4rc4-cuda-12.1"
+                username="",
+                password="",
+                image_name="dstackai/base:py3.11-0.4rc4-cuda-12.1",
+                shm_size=None,
             )
         await session.refresh(job)
         assert job is not None