diff --git a/src/runtime/cli/config/configuration-clh.toml.in b/src/runtime/cli/config/configuration-clh.toml.in
index 79c33feb8e..3425a22c4a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cli/config/configuration-clh.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/cli/config/configuration-clh.toml.in
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ virtio_fs_cache = "@DEFVIRTIOFSCACHE@"
 # or nvdimm.
 block_device_driver = "virtio-blk"
 
+# Enable huge pages for VM RAM, default false
+# Enabling this will result in the VM memory
+# being allocated using huge pages.
+#enable_hugepages = true
+
 # This option changes the default hypervisor and kernel parameters
 # to enable debug output where available.
 #
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go
index ebef22d85a..b117fb7e11 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ func (clh *cloudHypervisor) createSandbox(ctx context.Context, id string, networ
 	clh.vmconfig.Memory = chclient.NewMemoryConfig(int64((utils.MemUnit(clh.config.MemorySize) * utils.MiB).ToBytes()))
 	// shared memory should be enabled if using vhost-user(kata uses virtiofsd)
 	clh.vmconfig.Memory.Shared = func(b bool) *bool { return &b }(true)
+	// Enable hugepages if needed
+	clh.vmconfig.Memory.Hugepages = func(b bool) *bool { return &b }(clh.config.HugePages)
 	hostMemKb, err := getHostMemorySizeKb(procMemInfo)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil