diff --git a/internal/lib/stats/descriptors.go b/internal/lib/stats/descriptors.go
index 40db114a21d..ce1ee0d8805 100644
--- a/internal/lib/stats/descriptors.go
+++ b/internal/lib/stats/descriptors.go
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ var (
 		Help:      "Container swap usage in bytes.",
 		LabelKeys: baseLabelKeys,
 	}
+	containerSpecMemoryLimitBytes = &types.MetricDescriptor{
+		Name:      "container_spec_memory_limit_bytes",
+		Help:      "Memory limit for the container in bytes.",
+		LabelKeys: baseLabelKeys,
+	}
 	containerMemoryFailcnt = &types.MetricDescriptor{
 		Name:      "container_memory_failcnt",
 		Help:      "Number of memory usage hits limits",
diff --git a/internal/lib/stats/memory_metrics.go b/internal/lib/stats/memory_metrics.go
index e4e670bb1f7..4819ebecf52 100644
--- a/internal/lib/stats/memory_metrics.go
+++ b/internal/lib/stats/memory_metrics.go
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/internal/oci"
 )
 
+// Size after which we consider memory to be "unlimited". This is not
+// MaxInt64 due to rounding by the kernel.
+const maxMemorySize = uint64(1 << 62)
+
 func generateSandboxMemoryMetrics(sb *sandbox.Sandbox, mem *cgmgr.MemoryStats) []*types.Metric {
 	memoryMetrics := []*containerMetric{
 		{
@@ -40,6 +44,19 @@ func generateSandboxMemoryMetrics(sb *sandbox.Sandbox, mem *cgmgr.MemoryStats) [
 				return metricValues{{value: mem.SwapUsage, metricType: types.MetricType_GAUGE}}
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			desc: containerSpecMemoryLimitBytes,
+			valueFunc: func() metricValues {
+				// For consistency with cAdvisor and Kubernetes, consider memory to be "unlimited"
+				// when above a certain threshold (2^62) and report it as 0 in the metrics.
+				// This approach is more useful for monitoring tools than reporting the physical limit.
+				limit := mem.Limit
+				if limit > maxMemorySize {
+					return metricValues{{value: 0, metricType: types.MetricType_GAUGE}}
+				}
+				return metricValues{{value: limit, metricType: types.MetricType_GAUGE}}
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			desc: containerMemoryFailcnt,
 			valueFunc: func() metricValues {
diff --git a/internal/lib/stats/metrics.go b/internal/lib/stats/metrics.go
index 8fdd4c2dc79..2d44b73c722 100644
--- a/internal/lib/stats/metrics.go
+++ b/internal/lib/stats/metrics.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func (ss *StatsServer) PopulateMetricDescriptors(includedKeys []string) map[stri
 			containerMemoryKernelUsage,
 			containerMemoryMappedFile,
 			containerMemorySwap,
+			containerSpecMemoryLimitBytes,
 			containerMemoryFailcnt,
 			containerMemoryUsageBytes,
 			containerMemoryMaxUsageBytes,