diff --git a/heka/meta/heka.yml b/heka/meta/heka.yml
index 090cb96..3294684 100644
--- a/heka/meta/heka.yml
+++ b/heka/meta/heka.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
       module_dir: /usr/share/lma_collector/common;/usr/share/heka/lua_modules
       config:
         hostname: '{{ grains.fqdn.split('.')[0] }}'
-        swap_size: 4294967296
+        swap_size: {{ salt['ps.swap_memory']()['total'] }}
     metric:
       engine: sandbox
       module_file: /usr/share/lma_collector/decoders/metric.lua