diff --git a/MC/analysis_testing/o2dpg_analysis_test_utils.py b/MC/analysis_testing/o2dpg_analysis_test_utils.py
index 1a3901fe6..ee896f12f 100755
--- a/MC/analysis_testing/o2dpg_analysis_test_utils.py
+++ b/MC/analysis_testing/o2dpg_analysis_test_utils.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def full_ana_name(raw_ana_name):
     return f"{ANALYSIS_LABEL}_{raw_ana_name}"
 
 
-def get_common_args_as_string(analysis_name, all_common_args):
+def get_common_args_as_string(ana, all_common_args):
     """
     all_common_args is of the form
     [<ana_name1>-shm-segment-size <value>, <ana_name2>-readers <value>, ...]
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ def make_args_string(args_map_in):
                 "readers": 1,
                 "aod-memory-rate-limit": 500000000}
 
+    # get common args from analysis configuration and add to args_map
+    common_args_from_config = ana.get("common_args", {})
+    for key, value in common_args_from_config.items():
+        args_map[key] = value
+
     # arguments dedicated for this analysis
     args_map_overwrite = {}
 
@@ -98,6 +103,8 @@ def make_args_string(args_map_in):
         print("ERROR: Cannot digest common args.")
         return None
 
+    analysis_name = ana["name"]
+
     for i in range(0, len(all_common_args), 2):
         tokens = all_common_args[i].split("-")
         key = "-".join(tokens[1:])
diff --git a/MC/analysis_testing/o2dpg_analysis_test_workflow.py b/MC/analysis_testing/o2dpg_analysis_test_workflow.py
index 703c8d446..27e254560 100755
--- a/MC/analysis_testing/o2dpg_analysis_test_workflow.py
+++ b/MC/analysis_testing/o2dpg_analysis_test_workflow.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def add_analysis_tasks(workflow, input_aod="./AO2D.root", output_dir="./Analysis
             continue
         print(f"INFO: Analysis {ana['name']} uses configuration {configuration}")
 
-        add_common_args_ana = get_common_args_as_string(ana["name"], add_common_args)
+        add_common_args_ana = get_common_args_as_string(ana, add_common_args)
         if not add_common_args_ana:
             print(f"ERROR: Cannot parse common args for analysis {ana['name']}")
             continue
diff --git a/MC/config/analysis_testing/json/analyses_config.json b/MC/config/analysis_testing/json/analyses_config.json
index 63c67b285..6be135b8b 100644
--- a/MC/config/analysis_testing/json/analyses_config.json
+++ b/MC/config/analysis_testing/json/analyses_config.json
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@
             "expected_output": ["AnalysisResults.root"],
             "valid_mc": true,
             "valid_data": true,
+            "common_args": {
+                "shm-segment-size": 2500000000
+            },
             "tasks": ["o2-analysis-je-emc-eventselection-qa",
                       "o2-analysis-je-emc-cellmonitor",
                       "o2-analysis-je-emcal-correction-task",