diff --git a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
index c6bc851471..93eadf4f0f 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
+++ b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
@@ -32,3 +32,16 @@ checktype = "mean"
 midval = 2435844.00
 minpercent = 20.0
 maxpercent = 20.0
+
+[[metric]]
+name = "memory-footprint-inside-container"
+type = "json"
+description = "measure memory inside the container"
+# Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
+# the median of the CSV Results data must fall
+# within (inclusive)
+checkvar = ".\"memory-footprint-inside-container\".Results | .[] | .memtotal.Result"
+checktype = "mean"
+midval = 4135112.0
+minpercent = 20.0
+maxpercent = 20.0