diff --git a/mem/ex_linux.go b/mem/ex_linux.go
index fd483dd09b..b69dfb605e 100644
--- a/mem/ex_linux.go
+++ b/mem/ex_linux.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ type ExVirtualMemory struct {
 	InactiveAnon uint64 `json:"inactiveanon"`
 	Unevictable  uint64 `json:"unevictable"`
 	Percpu       uint64 `json:"percpu"`
+	KernelStack  uint64 `json:"kernelstack"`
 }
 
 func (v ExVirtualMemory) String() string {
diff --git a/mem/mem_linux.go b/mem/mem_linux.go
index 413fc3e916..9d969ba839 100644
--- a/mem/mem_linux.go
+++ b/mem/mem_linux.go
@@ -187,6 +187,12 @@ func fillFromMeminfoWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*VirtualMemoryStat, *ExVir
 				return ret, retEx, err
 			}
 			ret.Sunreclaim = t * 1024
+		case "KernelStack":
+			t, err := strconv.ParseUint(value, 10, 64)
+			if err != nil {
+				return ret, retEx, err
+			}
+			retEx.KernelStack = t * 1024
 		case "PageTables":
 			t, err := strconv.ParseUint(value, 10, 64)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/mem/mem_linux_test.go b/mem/mem_linux_test.go
index aff325c1ab..9659e02e8b 100644
--- a/mem/mem_linux_test.go
+++ b/mem/mem_linux_test.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ var virtualMemoryTests = []struct {
 			InactiveAnon: 1186612 * 1024,
 			Unevictable:  32 * 1024,
 			Percpu:       19136 * 1024,
+			KernelStack:  14224 * 1024,
 		},
 	},
 	{
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ var virtualMemoryTests = []struct {
 			InactiveAnon: 0,
 			Unevictable:  0,
 			Percpu:       0,
+			KernelStack:  624 * 1024,
 		},
 	},
 	{