diff --git a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
index 7966b69eb9..9c593320d2 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
+++ b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
@@ -19,3 +19,17 @@ checktype = "mean"
 midval = 0.42
 minpercent = 15.0
 maxpercent = 15.0
+
+[[metric]]
+name = "memory-footprint"
+type = "json"
+description = "measure memory usage"
+# Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
+# the median of the CSV Results data must fall
+# within (inclusive)
+checkvar = ".\"memory-footprint\".Results | .[] | .average.Result"
+checktype = "mean"
+midval = 2518364.00
+minpercent = 15.0
+maxpercent = 15.0
+