diff --git a/vars/coreos.groovy b/vars/coreos.groovy
index 579d779..2818dfd 100644
--- a/vars/coreos.groovy
+++ b/vars/coreos.groovy
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 //   kvm: bool
 //   runAsUser: int
 //   privileged: bool (deprecated, equivalent to `runAsUser: 0`)
+//   memory: amount of RAM to request
 def pod(params, body) {
     def podJSON = libraryResource 'com/github/coreos/pod.json'
     def podObj = readJSON text: podJSON
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ def pod(params, body) {
         podObj['spec']['nodeSelector'] = [oci_kvm_hook: "allowed"]
     }
 
+    if (params['memory']) {
+        podObj['spec']['containers'][1]['resources'] = [requests: [memory: params['memory']]]
+    }
+
     // XXX: look into converting to a YAML string instead
     def label = "pod-${UUID.randomUUID().toString()}"
     def podYAML