diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index df256664..5edd4db6 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@
     "k8s.io/api/admission/v1beta1",
     "k8s.io/api/apps/v1",
     "k8s.io/api/core/v1",
+    "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource",
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1",
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields",
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels",
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/proxy/injector/pod_patch.go b/pkg/metrics/proxy/injector/pod_patch.go
index 51db0db2..49952ae5 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/proxy/injector/pod_patch.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/proxy/injector/pod_patch.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/api/admission/v1beta1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -154,6 +155,16 @@ func (i *injector) getPodPatchOperations(
 					},
 				},
 			},
+			Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{
+				Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
+					"cpu":    resource.MustParse("250m"),
+					"memory": resource.MustParse("256Mi"),
+				},
+				Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
+					"cpu":    resource.MustParse("100m"),
+					"memory": resource.MustParse("128Mi"),
+				},
+			},
 		}
 
 		var path string