diff --git a/charts/t8s-cluster/ci/cp-with-resources-values.yaml b/charts/t8s-cluster/ci/cp-with-resources-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..020c3a8556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/t8s-cluster/ci/cp-with-resources-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+controlPlane:
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      memory: 4Gi
+    limits:
+      memory: 8Gi
diff --git a/charts/t8s-cluster/ci/hcp-with-resources-values.yaml b/charts/t8s-cluster/ci/hcp-with-resources-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3e09c1cf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/t8s-cluster/ci/hcp-with-resources-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+controlPlane:
+  hosted: true
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      memory: 4Gi
+    limits:
+      memory: 8Gi
diff --git a/charts/t8s-cluster/templates/management-cluster/clusterClass/k0smotronControlPlaneTemplate/_k0smotronControlPlaneTemplateSpec.yaml b/charts/t8s-cluster/templates/management-cluster/clusterClass/k0smotronControlPlaneTemplate/_k0smotronControlPlaneTemplateSpec.yaml
index 512b368606..c50027a66d 100644
--- a/charts/t8s-cluster/templates/management-cluster/clusterClass/k0smotronControlPlaneTemplate/_k0smotronControlPlaneTemplateSpec.yaml
+++ b/charts/t8s-cluster/templates/management-cluster/clusterClass/k0smotronControlPlaneTemplate/_k0smotronControlPlaneTemplateSpec.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ This function needs the whole `$` context to be able to use `.Files.Get`
 */}}
 {{- define "t8s-cluster.clusterClass.k0smotronControlPlaneTemplate.spec" -}}
 replicas: {{ $.Values.controlPlane.singleNode | ternary 1 3 }}
+resources: {{- include "common.resources" .Values.controlPlane | nindent 2 }}
 service:
   type: LoadBalancer
   apiPort: 6443
diff --git a/charts/t8s-cluster/templates/management-cluster/clusterClass/kubeadmControlPlaneTemplate/_helpers.tpl b/charts/t8s-cluster/templates/management-cluster/clusterClass/kubeadmControlPlaneTemplate/_helpers.tpl
index a5ac734c2c..d4b4506456 100644
--- a/charts/t8s-cluster/templates/management-cluster/clusterClass/kubeadmControlPlaneTemplate/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/t8s-cluster/templates/management-cluster/clusterClass/kubeadmControlPlaneTemplate/_helpers.tpl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   {{- range $name, $file := $dynamicFiles -}}
     {{- $files = append $files (dict "content" (get $file "content" | required (printf "missing content for %s" $name)) "path" (get $file "path" | required (printf "missing path for %s" $name))) -}}
   {{- end -}}
-  {{- $apiserverPatch := dict "spec" (dict "containers" (list (dict "name" "kube-apiserver" "resources" (dict "requests" (dict "memory" "2Gi") "limits" (dict "memory" "4Gi"))))) -}}
+  {{- $apiserverPatch := dict "spec" (dict "containers" (list (dict "name" "kube-apiserver" "resources" (include "common.resources" .Values.controlPlane | fromYaml)))) -}}
   {{- $files = append $files (include "t8s-cluster.patches.patchFile" (dict "values" $apiserverPatch "target" "kube-apiserver" "component" "memory") | fromYaml) -}}
   {{- toYaml $files -}}
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/t8s-cluster/values.schema.json b/charts/t8s-cluster/values.schema.json
index 1451e5da6e..2e34b8c1a6 100644
--- a/charts/t8s-cluster/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/t8s-cluster/values.schema.json
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@
             "pattern": "^((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]?\\d)\\.){3}(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]?\\d)(/([0-9]|[1-2][0-9]|3[0-2]))?$"
           },
           "uniqueItems": true
+        },
+        "resources": {
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/resourceRequirements"
         }
       },
       "required": [
@@ -300,6 +303,9 @@
   ],
   "additionalProperties": false,
   "$defs": {
+    "resourceRequirements": {
+      "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yannh/kubernetes-json-schema/master/master-standalone-strict/_definitions.json#/definitions/io.k8s.api.core.v1.ResourceRequirements"
+    },
     "securityGroups": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
diff --git a/charts/t8s-cluster/values.yaml b/charts/t8s-cluster/values.yaml
index 1b0452093b..48feb9b921 100644
--- a/charts/t8s-cluster/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/t8s-cluster/values.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ controlPlane:
   flavor: standard.2.1905
   singleNode: false
   allowedCIDRs: []
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      memory: 2Gi
+    limits:
+      memory: 4Gi
 
 version:
   major: 1