diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
index e413791e7b..46879eb256 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ kata-types = { path = "../../../libs/kata-types" }
 logging = { path = "../../../libs/logging" }
 shim-interface = { path = "../../../libs/shim-interface" }
 
-dragonball = { path = "../../../dragonball", features = ["atomic-guest-memory", "virtio-vsock", "hotplug", "virtio-blk", "virtio-net", "virtio-fs", "vhost-net", "dbs-upcall"] }
+dragonball = { path = "../../../dragonball", features = ["atomic-guest-memory", "virtio-vsock", "hotplug", "virtio-blk", "virtio-net", "virtio-fs", "vhost-net", "dbs-upcall","virtio-mem", "virtio-balloon"] }
 
 ch-config = { path = "ch-config", optional = true }
 tests_utils = { path = "../../tests/utils" }
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/inner_hypervisor.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/inner_hypervisor.rs
index 85a4ee3fa4..59d97ed2c4 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/inner_hypervisor.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/inner_hypervisor.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ use crate::ch::utils::get_api_socket_path;
 use crate::ch::utils::get_vsock_path;
 use crate::kernel_param::KernelParams;
 use crate::utils::{get_jailer_root, get_sandbox_path};
+use crate::MemoryConfig;
+use crate::VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_BLK;
+use crate::VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_PMEM;
 use crate::{VcpuThreadIds, VmmState};
-use crate::{VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_BLK, VM_ROOTFS_DRIVER_PMEM};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use ch_config::ch_api::{
     cloud_hypervisor_vm_create, cloud_hypervisor_vm_start, cloud_hypervisor_vmm_ping,
@@ -753,6 +755,14 @@ impl CloudHypervisorInner {
     pub(crate) fn guest_memory_block_size_mb(&self) -> u32 {
         todo!()
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn resize_memory(
+        &self,
+        _req_mem_mb: u32,
+        _curr_mem_mb: u32,
+    ) -> Result<(u32, MemoryConfig)> {
+        todo!()
+    }
 }
 
 // Log all output from the CH process until a shutdown signal is received.
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/mod.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/mod.rs
index 328333b9d9..ff6b062b7b 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 use super::HypervisorState;
 use crate::device::DeviceType;
-use crate::{Hypervisor, VcpuThreadIds};
+use crate::{Hypervisor, MemoryConfig, VcpuThreadIds};
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use kata_types::capabilities::{Capabilities, CapabilityBits};
@@ -177,6 +177,15 @@ impl Hypervisor for CloudHypervisor {
         let inner = self.inner.read().await;
         inner.guest_memory_block_size_mb()
     }
+
+    async fn resize_memory(
+        &self,
+        req_mem_mb: u32,
+        curr_mem_mb: u32,
+    ) -> Result<(u32, MemoryConfig)> {
+        let inner = self.inner.read().await;
+        inner.resize_memory(req_mem_mb, curr_mem_mb)
+    }
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/inner.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/inner.rs
index 51660f1ba1..3ac87168f5 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/inner.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/inner.rs
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
 
 use super::vmm_instance::VmmInstance;
 use crate::{
-    device::DeviceType, hypervisor_persist::HypervisorState, kernel_param::KernelParams, VmmState,
-    DEV_HUGEPAGES, HUGETLBFS, HUGE_SHMEM, HYPERVISOR_DRAGONBALL, SHMEM,
+    device::DeviceType, hypervisor_persist::HypervisorState, kernel_param::KernelParams,
+    MemoryConfig, VmmState, DEV_HUGEPAGES, HUGETLBFS, HUGE_SHMEM, HYPERVISOR_DRAGONBALL, SHMEM,
 };
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use dragonball::{
     api::v1::{BootSourceConfig, VcpuResizeInfo},
+    device_manager::{balloon_dev_mgr::BalloonDeviceConfigInfo, mem_dev_mgr::MemDeviceConfigInfo},
     vm::VmConfigInfo,
 };
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ use kata_types::{
 };
 use nix::mount::MsFlags;
 use persist::sandbox_persist::Persist;
+use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::{collections::HashSet, fs::create_dir_all};
 
 const DRAGONBALL_KERNEL: &str = "vmlinux";
@@ -343,6 +345,64 @@ impl DragonballInner {
         Ok((old_vcpus, new_vcpus))
     }
 
+    // curr_mem_m size = default + hotplug
+    pub(crate) fn resize_memory(
+        &self,
+        req_mem_mb: u32,
+        curr_mem_mb: u32,
+    ) -> Result<(u32, MemoryConfig)> {
+        let mem_device_to_insert = match req_mem_mb.cmp(&curr_mem_mb) {
+            Ordering::Greater => {
+                // We need to insert a new memory device
+                let add_mem_mb = req_mem_mb - curr_mem_mb;
+                if self.config.memory_info.enable_virtio_mem {
+                    Some(MemDeviceConfigInfo {
+                        mem_id: format!("mem{}", curr_mem_mb),
+                        size_mib: add_mem_mb as u64,
+                        capacity_mib: add_mem_mb as u64,
+                        multi_region: false,
+                        host_numa_node_id: None,
+                        guest_numa_node_id: None,
+                        use_shared_irq: None,
+                        use_generic_irq: None,
+                    })
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            }
+            Ordering::Less => {
+                // We need to insert a new balloon device to release memory
+                let balloon_config = BalloonDeviceConfigInfo {
+                    balloon_id: format!("mem{}", curr_mem_mb),
+                    size_mib: (curr_mem_mb - req_mem_mb) as u64,
+                    use_shared_irq: None,
+                    use_generic_irq: None,
+                    f_deflate_on_oom: false,
+                    f_reporting: false,
+                };
+                self.vmm_instance
+                    .insert_balloon_device(balloon_config)
+                    .context("failed to insert balloon device")?;
+                None
+            }
+            Ordering::Equal => None, // Everything is already set up
+        };
+
+        // If we have a memory device to insert, do it now
+        if let Some(mem_config) = mem_device_to_insert {
+            self.vmm_instance
+                .insert_mem_device(mem_config)
+                .context("failed to insert memory device")?;
+        }
+
+        Ok((
+            req_mem_mb,
+            MemoryConfig {
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        ))
+    }
+
     pub fn set_hypervisor_config(&mut self, config: HypervisorConfig) {
         self.config = config;
     }
@@ -359,7 +419,7 @@ impl DragonballInner {
         self.guest_memory_block_size_mb = size;
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn get_guest_memory_block_size(&self) -> u32 {
+    pub(crate) fn guest_memory_block_size_mb(&self) -> u32 {
         self.guest_memory_block_size_mb
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/mod.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/mod.rs
index 8a59e350a7..3af4acc73d 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/mod.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use kata_types::config::hypervisor::Hypervisor as HypervisorConfig;
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 use tracing::instrument;
 
-use crate::{DeviceType, Hypervisor, NetworkConfig, VcpuThreadIds};
+use crate::{DeviceType, Hypervisor, MemoryConfig, NetworkConfig, VcpuThreadIds};
 
 pub struct Dragonball {
     inner: Arc<RwLock<DragonballInner>>,
@@ -191,7 +191,16 @@ impl Hypervisor for Dragonball {
 
     async fn guest_memory_block_size(&self) -> u32 {
         let inner = self.inner.read().await;
-        inner.get_guest_memory_block_size()
+        inner.guest_memory_block_size_mb()
+    }
+
+    async fn resize_memory(
+        &self,
+        req_mem_mb: u32,
+        curr_mem_mb: u32,
+    ) -> Result<(u32, MemoryConfig)> {
+        let inner = self.inner.read().await;
+        inner.resize_memory(req_mem_mb, curr_mem_mb)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/vmm_instance.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/vmm_instance.rs
index 4311fdf98d..899f4f258c 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/vmm_instance.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/vmm_instance.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use dragonball::{
         InstanceInfo, InstanceState, NetworkInterfaceConfig, VcpuResizeInfo, VmmAction,
         VmmActionError, VmmData, VmmRequest, VmmResponse, VmmService, VsockDeviceConfigInfo,
     },
+    device_manager::{balloon_dev_mgr::BalloonDeviceConfigInfo, mem_dev_mgr::MemDeviceConfigInfo},
     vm::VmConfigInfo,
     Vmm,
 };
@@ -255,6 +256,18 @@ impl VmmInstance {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    pub fn insert_mem_device(&self, cfg: MemDeviceConfigInfo) -> Result<()> {
+        self.handle_request(Request::Sync(VmmAction::InsertMemDevice(cfg.clone())))
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to insert memory device : {:?}", cfg))?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn insert_balloon_device(&self, cfg: BalloonDeviceConfigInfo) -> Result<()> {
+        self.handle_request(Request::Sync(VmmAction::InsertBalloonDevice(cfg.clone())))
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to insert balloon device: {:?}", cfg))?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn pause(&self) -> Result<()> {
         todo!()
     }
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/lib.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
index 3716dff523..9a21530085 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ pub struct VcpuThreadIds {
     pub vcpus: HashMap<u32, u32>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+pub struct MemoryConfig {
+    pub slot: u32,
+    pub size_mb: u32,
+    pub addr: u64,
+    pub probe: bool,
+}
+
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait Hypervisor: std::fmt::Debug + Send + Sync {
     // vm manager
@@ -106,4 +114,6 @@ pub trait Hypervisor: std::fmt::Debug + Send + Sync {
     async fn set_capabilities(&self, flag: CapabilityBits);
     async fn set_guest_memory_block_size(&self, size: u32);
     async fn guest_memory_block_size(&self) -> u32;
+    async fn resize_memory(&self, req_mem_mb: u32, curr_mem_mb: u32)
+        -> Result<(u32, MemoryConfig)>;
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/inner.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/inner.rs
index 18096bfc43..a2ec9704e3 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/inner.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/inner.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 
-use crate::{HypervisorConfig, VcpuThreadIds};
+use crate::{HypervisorConfig, MemoryConfig, VcpuThreadIds};
 use kata_types::capabilities::{Capabilities, CapabilityBits};
 
 const VSOCK_SCHEME: &str = "vsock";
@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ impl QemuInner {
     pub(crate) fn guest_memory_block_size_mb(&self) -> u32 {
         todo!()
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn resize_memory(
+        &self,
+        _req_mem_mb: u32,
+        _curr_mem_mb: u32,
+    ) -> Result<(u32, MemoryConfig)> {
+        todo!()
+    }
 }
 
 use crate::device::DeviceType;
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/mod.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/mod.rs
index 904e582865..afc6786545 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mod inner;
 
 use crate::device::DeviceType;
 use crate::hypervisor_persist::HypervisorState;
-use crate::Hypervisor;
+use crate::{Hypervisor, MemoryConfig};
 use crate::{HypervisorConfig, VcpuThreadIds};
 use inner::QemuInner;
 use kata_types::capabilities::{Capabilities, CapabilityBits};
@@ -172,4 +172,13 @@ impl Hypervisor for Qemu {
         let inner = self.inner.read().await;
         inner.guest_memory_block_size_mb()
     }
+
+    async fn resize_memory(
+        &self,
+        req_mem_mb: u32,
+        curr_mem_mb: u32,
+    ) -> Result<(u32, MemoryConfig)> {
+        let inner = self.inner.read().await;
+        inner.resize_memory(req_mem_mb, curr_mem_mb)
+    }
 }