diff --git a/velox/exec/tests/VeloxIn10MinDemo.cpp b/velox/exec/tests/VeloxIn10MinDemo.cpp
index d38122fd8972..df5768d1a1b9 100644
--- a/velox/exec/tests/VeloxIn10MinDemo.cpp
+++ b/velox/exec/tests/VeloxIn10MinDemo.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 #include <folly/init/Init.h>
+#include "velox/common/memory/Memory.h"
 #include "velox/connectors/tpch/TpchConnector.h"
 #include "velox/connectors/tpch/TpchConnectorSplit.h"
 #include "velox/core/Expressions.h"
@@ -293,6 +294,9 @@ void VeloxIn10MinDemo::run() {
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   folly::init(&argc, &argv, false);
 
+  // Initializes the process-wide memory-manager with the default options.
+  memory::initializeMemoryManager({});
+
   VeloxIn10MinDemo demo;
   demo.run();
 }