diff --git a/pkg/apis/mysql/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/apis/mysql/v1alpha1/types.go
index 826e5a138..7d028c961 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/mysql/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/mysql/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -64,11 +64,13 @@ type ClusterSpec struct {
 	// and server key for group replication SSL.
 	// +optional
 	SSLSecret *corev1.LocalObjectReference `json:"sslSecret,omitempty"`
-	// SecurityContext holds pod-level security attributes and common container settings.
+	// SecurityContext holds Pod-level security attributes and common Container settings.
 	SecurityContext *corev1.PodSecurityContext `json:"securityContext,omitempty"`
 	// Tolerations allows specifying a list of tolerations for controlling which
-	// set of nodes a pod can be scheduled on
+	// set of Nodes a Pod can be scheduled on
 	Tolerations *[]corev1.Toleration `json:"tolerations,omitempty"`
+	// Resources holds ResourceRequirements for the MySQL Agent & Server Containers
+	Resources *Resources `json:"resources,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ClusterConditionType represents a valid condition of a Cluster.
@@ -125,6 +127,12 @@ type ClusterList struct {
 	Items []Cluster `json:"items"`
 }
 
+// Resources holds ResourceRequirements for the MySQL Agent & Server Containers
+type Resources struct {
+	Agent  *corev1.ResourceRequirements `json:"agent,omitempty"`
+	Server *corev1.ResourceRequirements `json:"server,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // Database represents a database to backup.
 type Database struct {
 	Name string `json:"name"`
diff --git a/pkg/resources/statefulsets/statefulset.go b/pkg/resources/statefulsets/statefulset.go
index 103f1827a..f97436adc 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/statefulsets/statefulset.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/statefulsets/statefulset.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	apps "k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
@@ -193,6 +194,12 @@ func mysqlServerContainer(cluster *v1alpha1.Cluster, mysqlServerImage string, ro
          # a unique server id for this instance.
          index=$(cat /etc/hostname | grep -o '[^-]*$')
          /entrypoint.sh %s`, baseServerID, entryPointArgs)
+
+	var resourceLimits corev1.ResourceRequirements
+	if cluster.Spec.Resources != nil && cluster.Spec.Resources.Server != nil {
+		resourceLimits = *cluster.Spec.Resources.Server
+	}
+
 	return v1.Container{
 		Name: MySQLServerName,
 		// TODO(apryde): Add BaseImage to cluster CRD.
@@ -215,6 +222,7 @@ func mysqlServerContainer(cluster *v1alpha1.Cluster, mysqlServerImage string, ro
 				Value: "true",
 			},
 		},
+		Resources: resourceLimits,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -226,6 +234,11 @@ func mysqlAgentContainer(cluster *v1alpha1.Cluster, mysqlAgentImage string, root
 
 	replicationGroupSeeds := getReplicationGroupSeeds(cluster.Name, members)
 
+	var resourceLimits corev1.ResourceRequirements
+	if cluster.Spec.Resources != nil && cluster.Spec.Resources.Agent != nil {
+		resourceLimits = *cluster.Spec.Resources.Agent
+	}
+
 	return v1.Container{
 		Name:         MySQLAgentName,
 		Image:        fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", mysqlAgentImage, agentVersion),
@@ -262,6 +275,7 @@ func mysqlAgentContainer(cluster *v1alpha1.Cluster, mysqlAgentImage string, root
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		Resources: resourceLimits,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/resources/statefulsets/statefulset_test.go b/pkg/resources/statefulsets/statefulset_test.go
index 5f8b6bafe..650d14d0c 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/statefulsets/statefulset_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/statefulsets/statefulset_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
 	"github.com/oracle/mysql-operator/pkg/apis/mysql/v1alpha1"
@@ -221,3 +222,68 @@ func TestClusterWithTolerations(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestClusterWithResourceRequirements(t *testing.T) {
+	mysqlServerResourceRequirements := corev1.ResourceRequirements{
+		Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
+			corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("2"),
+			corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("2Gi"),
+		},
+		Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
+			corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("500m"),
+			corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("1Gi"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	mysqlAgentResourceRequirements := corev1.ResourceRequirements{
+		Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
+			corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("500m"),
+			corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("512Mi"),
+		},
+		Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
+			corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("100m"),
+			corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("128Mi"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	cluster := &v1alpha1.Cluster{
+		Spec: v1alpha1.ClusterSpec{
+			Resources: &v1alpha1.Resources{
+				Server: &mysqlServerResourceRequirements,
+				Agent:  &mysqlAgentResourceRequirements,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	statefulSet := NewForCluster(cluster, mockOperatorConfig().Images, "mycluster")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, mysqlServerResourceRequirements, statefulSet.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Resources, "MySQL-Server container resource requirements do not match expected.")
+	assert.Equal(t, mysqlAgentResourceRequirements, statefulSet.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[1].Resources, "MySQL-Agent container resource requirements do not match expected.")
+}
+
+func TestClusterWithOnlyMysqlServerResourceRequirements(t *testing.T) {
+	mysqlServerResourceRequirements := corev1.ResourceRequirements{
+		Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
+			corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("2"),
+			corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("2Gi"),
+		},
+		Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
+			corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("500m"),
+			corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("1Gi"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	cluster := &v1alpha1.Cluster{
+		Spec: v1alpha1.ClusterSpec{
+			Resources: &v1alpha1.Resources{
+				Server: &mysqlServerResourceRequirements,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	statefulSet := NewForCluster(cluster, mockOperatorConfig().Images, "mycluster")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, mysqlServerResourceRequirements, statefulSet.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Resources, "MySQL-Server container resource requirements do not match expected.")
+	assert.Nil(t, statefulSet.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[1].Resources.Limits, "MySQL-Agent container has resource limits set which were not initially defined in the spec")
+	assert.Nil(t, statefulSet.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[1].Resources.Requests, "MySQL-Agent container has resource requests set which were not initially defined in the spec")
+}