diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/base/Dockerfile b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/base/Dockerfile
index dca3b04faba82e..8db4b419a184af 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/base/Dockerfile
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ COPY --chown=1000:0 config/serverless.yml /usr/share/kibana/config/serverless.ym
 COPY --chown=1000:0 config/serverless.es.yml /usr/share/kibana/config/serverless.es.yml
 COPY --chown=1000:0 config/serverless.oblt.yml /usr/share/kibana/config/serverless.oblt.yml
 COPY --chown=1000:0 config/serverless.security.yml /usr/share/kibana/config/serverless.security.yml
+# Supportability enhancement: enable capturing heap snapshots. See https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#--heapsnapshot-signalsignal
+RUN echo '\n--heapsnapshot-signal=SIGUSR2' >> config/node.options
 {{/serverless}}
 {{^opensslLegacyProvider}}
 RUN sed 's/\(--openssl-legacy-provider\)/#\1/' -i config/node.options