diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
index dac1a4b553e..f40077e53a1 100755
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
@@ -1959,11 +1959,22 @@ sub ndbcluster_start_install ($) {
   if (!$opt_bench)
   {
     # Use a smaller configuration
-    $ndb_no_ord=32;
-    $ndb_con_op=5000;
-    $ndb_dmem="20M";
-    $ndb_imem="1M";
-    $ndb_pbmem="4M";
+    if (  $mysql_version_id < 50000 )
+    {
+      # 4.1 is using a "larger" --small configuration
+      $ndb_no_ord=128;
+      $ndb_con_op=10000;
+      $ndb_dmem="40M";
+      $ndb_imem="12M";
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      $ndb_no_ord=32;
+      $ndb_con_op=5000;
+      $ndb_dmem="20M";
+      $ndb_imem="1M";
+      $ndb_pbmem="4M";
+    }
   }
 
   my $config_file_template=     "ndb/ndb_config_${nodes}_node.ini";