diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils.go b/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils.go
index b07951fdfe..696cd59fb1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils.go
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ func addHypervisorHotColdPlugVfioOverrides(ocispec specs.Spec, sbConfig *vc.Sand
 func addHypervisorMemoryOverrides(ocispec specs.Spec, sbConfig *vc.SandboxConfig, runtime RuntimeConfig) error {
 
 	if err := newAnnotationConfiguration(ocispec, vcAnnotations.DefaultMemory).setUintWithCheck(func(memorySz uint64) error {
-		if memorySz < vc.MinHypervisorMemory {
+		if memorySz < vc.MinHypervisorMemory && sbConfig.HypervisorType != vc.RemoteHypervisor {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Memory specified in annotation %s is less than minimum required %d, please specify a larger value", vcAnnotations.DefaultMemory, vc.MinHypervisorMemory)
 		}
 		sbConfig.HypervisorConfig.MemorySize = uint32(memorySz)
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ func addHypervisorCPUOverrides(ocispec specs.Spec, sbConfig *vc.SandboxConfig) e
 	numCPUs := goruntime.NumCPU()
 
 	if err := newAnnotationConfiguration(ocispec, vcAnnotations.DefaultVCPUs).setFloat32WithCheck(func(vcpus float32) error {
-		if vcpus > float32(numCPUs) {
+		if vcpus > float32(numCPUs) && sbConfig.HypervisorType != vc.RemoteHypervisor {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Number of cpus %f specified in annotation default_vcpus is greater than the number of CPUs %d on the system", vcpus, numCPUs)
 		}
 		sbConfig.HypervisorConfig.NumVCPUsF = float32(vcpus)
@@ -701,11 +701,11 @@ func addHypervisorCPUOverrides(ocispec specs.Spec, sbConfig *vc.SandboxConfig) e
 	return newAnnotationConfiguration(ocispec, vcAnnotations.DefaultMaxVCPUs).setUintWithCheck(func(maxVCPUs uint64) error {
 		max := uint32(maxVCPUs)
 
-		if max > uint32(numCPUs) {
+		if max > uint32(numCPUs) && sbConfig.HypervisorType != vc.RemoteHypervisor {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Number of cpus %d in annotation default_maxvcpus is greater than the number of CPUs %d on the system", max, numCPUs)
 		}
 
-		if sbConfig.HypervisorType == vc.QemuHypervisor && max > govmm.MaxVCPUs() {
+		if sbConfig.HypervisorType == vc.QemuHypervisor && max > govmm.MaxVCPUs() && sbConfig.HypervisorType != vc.RemoteHypervisor {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Number of cpus %d in annotation default_maxvcpus is greater than max no of CPUs %d supported for qemu", max, govmm.MaxVCPUs())
 		}
 		sbConfig.HypervisorConfig.DefaultMaxVCPUs = max
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils_test.go b/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
index 1f53b831ad..e769e0cb96 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
@@ -726,6 +726,51 @@ func TestAddHypervisorAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Error(err)
 }
 
+func TestAddRemoteHypervisorAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
+	// Remote hypervisor uses DefaultVCPUs, DefaultMemory etc as annotations to pick the size of the separate VM to create,
+	// so doesn't need to be bound by the host's capacity limits.
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	config := vc.SandboxConfig{
+		Annotations: make(map[string]string),
+	}
+
+	sbConfig := vc.SandboxConfig{
+		Annotations:    make(map[string]string),
+		HypervisorType: vc.RemoteHypervisor,
+	}
+
+	ocispec := specs.Spec{
+		Annotations: make(map[string]string),
+	}
+
+	runtimeConfig := RuntimeConfig{
+		HypervisorType: vc.RemoteHypervisor,
+	}
+
+	err := addAnnotations(ocispec, &config, runtimeConfig)
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	assert.Exactly(vc.HypervisorConfig{}, config.HypervisorConfig)
+
+	// Enable annotations
+	runtimeConfig.HypervisorConfig.EnableAnnotations = []string{".*"}
+
+	// When DefaultVCPUs is more than the number of cpus on the host, remote hypervisor annotations don't throw an error
+	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.DefaultVCPUs] = "2000"
+	err = addAnnotations(ocispec, &sbConfig, runtimeConfig)
+	assert.NoError(err)
+
+	// When DefaultMaxVCPUs is more than the number of cpus on the host, remote hypervisor annotations don't throw an error
+	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.DefaultMaxVCPUs] = "2000"
+	err = addAnnotations(ocispec, &sbConfig, runtimeConfig)
+	assert.NoError(err)
+
+	// When memory is smaller than the minimum Hypervisor memory, remote hypervisor annotations don't throw an error
+	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.DefaultMemory] = "1"
+	err = addAnnotations(ocispec, &sbConfig, runtimeConfig)
+	assert.NoError(err)
+}
+
 func TestAddProtectedHypervisorAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)