diff --git a/datafusion/execution/src/memory_pool/mod.rs b/datafusion/execution/src/memory_pool/mod.rs
index 625a779b3eea..19e509d263ea 100644
--- a/datafusion/execution/src/memory_pool/mod.rs
+++ b/datafusion/execution/src/memory_pool/mod.rs
@@ -141,6 +141,25 @@ pub trait MemoryPool: Send + Sync + std::fmt::Debug {
 
     /// Return the total amount of memory reserved
     fn reserved(&self) -> usize;
+
+    /// Return the memory limit of the pool
+    ///
+    /// The default implementation of `MemoryPool::memory_limit`
+    /// will return `MemoryLimit::Unknown`.
+    /// If you are using your custom memory pool, but have the requirement to
+    /// know the memory usage limit of the pool, please implement this method
+    /// to return it(`Memory::Finite(limit)`).
+    fn memory_limit(&self) -> MemoryLimit {
+        MemoryLimit::Unknown
+    }
+}
+
+/// Memory limit of `MemoryPool`
+pub enum MemoryLimit {
+    Infinite,
+    /// Bounded memory limit in bytes.
+    Finite(usize),
+    Unknown,
 }
 
 /// A memory consumer is a named allocation traced by a particular
diff --git a/datafusion/execution/src/memory_pool/pool.rs b/datafusion/execution/src/memory_pool/pool.rs
index cd6863939d27..e623246eb976 100644
--- a/datafusion/execution/src/memory_pool/pool.rs
+++ b/datafusion/execution/src/memory_pool/pool.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
-use crate::memory_pool::{MemoryConsumer, MemoryPool, MemoryReservation};
+use crate::memory_pool::{MemoryConsumer, MemoryLimit, MemoryPool, MemoryReservation};
 use datafusion_common::HashMap;
 use datafusion_common::{resources_datafusion_err, DataFusionError, Result};
 use log::debug;
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ impl MemoryPool for UnboundedMemoryPool {
     fn reserved(&self) -> usize {
         self.used.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
     }
+
+    fn memory_limit(&self) -> MemoryLimit {
+        MemoryLimit::Infinite
+    }
 }
 
 /// A [`MemoryPool`] that implements a greedy first-come first-serve limit.
@@ -100,6 +104,10 @@ impl MemoryPool for GreedyMemoryPool {
     fn reserved(&self) -> usize {
         self.used.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
     }
+
+    fn memory_limit(&self) -> MemoryLimit {
+        MemoryLimit::Finite(self.pool_size)
+    }
 }
 
 /// A [`MemoryPool`] that prevents spillable reservations from using more than
@@ -233,6 +241,10 @@ impl MemoryPool for FairSpillPool {
         let state = self.state.lock();
         state.spillable + state.unspillable
     }
+
+    fn memory_limit(&self) -> MemoryLimit {
+        MemoryLimit::Finite(self.pool_size)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Constructs a resources error based upon the individual [`MemoryReservation`].
@@ -408,6 +420,10 @@ impl<I: MemoryPool> MemoryPool for TrackConsumersPool<I> {
     fn reserved(&self) -> usize {
         self.inner.reserved()
     }
+
+    fn memory_limit(&self) -> MemoryLimit {
+        self.inner.memory_limit()
+    }
 }
 
 fn provide_top_memory_consumers_to_error_msg(