diff --git a/modules/jenkins_slave/files/cgroups/cgrules.conf b/modules/jenkins_slave/files/cgroups/cgrules.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccffe15ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/jenkins_slave/files/cgroups/cgrules.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+jenkins:jenkins memory /jenkins
+jenkins         memory /jenkins/children
diff --git a/modules/jenkins_slave/lib/facter/memorytotalbytes.rb b/modules/jenkins_slave/lib/facter/memorytotalbytes.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..829810d14c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/jenkins_slave/lib/facter/memorytotalbytes.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# memorytotalbytes.rb
+
+Facter.add("memorytotalbytes") do
+  setcode do
+    Facter::Util::Resolution.exec('free -bo | sed -n \'s/^Mem:\W\+\([0-9]\+\).*$/\1/p\'')
+  end
+end
diff --git a/modules/jenkins_slave/manifests/cgroups.pp b/modules/jenkins_slave/manifests/cgroups.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..007241ca33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/jenkins_slave/manifests/cgroups.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+class jenkins_slave::cgroups {
+
+  package { 'cgroup-bin':
+    ensure => present
+  }
+
+  file { '/etc/cgconfig.conf':
+    ensure  => present,
+    replace => true,
+    owner   => root,
+    mode    => 0644,
+    content => template('jenkins_slave/cgconfig.erb')
+  }
+
+  file { '/etc/cgrules.conf':
+    ensure  => present,
+    replace => true,
+    owner   => root,
+    mode    => 0644,
+    source  => 'puppet:///modules/jenkins_slave/cgroups/cgrules.conf'
+  }
+
+  service { 'cgconfig':
+    enable    => true,
+    ensure    => running,
+    require   => Package['cgroup-bin'],
+    subscribe => File['/etc/cgconfig.conf']
+  }
+
+  service { 'cgred':
+    enable    => true,
+    ensure    => running,
+    require   => Package['cgroup-bin'],
+    subscribe => File['/etc/cgrules.conf']
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/jenkins_slave/templates/cgconfig.erb b/modules/jenkins_slave/templates/cgconfig.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d947b51b06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/jenkins_slave/templates/cgconfig.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+mount {
+        cpu = /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu;
+        cpuacct = /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct;
+        devices = /sys/fs/cgroup/devices;
+        memory = /sys/fs/cgroup/memory;
+        freezer = /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer;
+}
+
+group jenkins {
+	perm {
+		task {
+			uid = jenkins;
+			gid = jenkins;
+		}
+		admin {
+			uid = root;
+			gid = root;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+group jenkins/children {
+	perm {
+		task {
+			uid = jenkins;
+			gid = jenkins;
+		}
+		admin {
+			uid = root;
+			gid = root;
+		}
+	}
+	memory {
+		memory.soft_limit_in_bytes = <%= (memorytotalbytes.to_f * 0.75).to_i %>;
+		memory.limit_in_bytes = <%= (memorytotalbytes.to_f * 0.9).to_i %>;
+		memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes = <%= (memorytotalbytes.to_f * 0.9).to_i %>;
+	}
+}