diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index 2cfe30cd3c5..db938ffd6a3 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func UnsecuredKubeletConfig(s *options.KubeletServer) (*KubeletConfig, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	thresholds, err := eviction.ParseThresholdConfig(s.EvictionHard, s.EvictionSoft, s.EvictionSoftGracePeriod)
+	thresholds, err := eviction.ParseThresholdConfig(s.EvictionHard, s.EvictionSoft, s.EvictionSoftGracePeriod, s.EvictionMinimumReclaim)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers.go b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers.go
index e36cd8e1050..b9d5a4f196b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func validSignal(signal Signal) bool {
 }
 
 // ParseThresholdConfig parses the flags for thresholds.
-func ParseThresholdConfig(evictionHard, evictionSoft, evictionSoftGracePeriod string) ([]Threshold, error) {
+func ParseThresholdConfig(evictionHard, evictionSoft, evictionSoftGracePeriod, evictionMinimumReclaim string) ([]Threshold, error) {
 	results := []Threshold{}
 
 	hardThresholds, err := parseThresholdStatements(evictionHard)
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ func ParseThresholdConfig(evictionHard, evictionSoft, evictionSoftGracePeriod st
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	minReclaims, err := parseMinimumReclaims(evictionMinimumReclaim)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	for i := range softThresholds {
 		signal := softThresholds[i].Signal
 		period, found := gracePeriods[signal]
@@ -91,6 +95,14 @@ func ParseThresholdConfig(evictionHard, evictionSoft, evictionSoftGracePeriod st
 		softThresholds[i].GracePeriod = period
 	}
 	results = append(results, softThresholds...)
+	for i := range results {
+		for signal, minReclaim := range minReclaims {
+			if results[i].Signal == signal {
+				results[i].MinReclaim = &minReclaim
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	return results, nil
 }
 
@@ -186,6 +198,38 @@ func parseGracePeriods(expr string) (map[Signal]time.Duration, error) {
 	return results, nil
 }
 
+// parseMinimumReclaims parses the minimum reclaim statements
+func parseMinimumReclaims(expr string) (map[Signal]resource.Quantity, error) {
+	if len(expr) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	results := map[Signal]resource.Quantity{}
+	statements := strings.Split(expr, ",")
+	for _, statement := range statements {
+		parts := strings.Split(statement, "=")
+		if len(parts) != 2 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid eviction minimum reclaim syntax: %v, expected <signal>=<quantity>", statement)
+		}
+		signal := Signal(parts[0])
+		if !validSignal(signal) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf(unsupportedEvictionSignal, signal)
+		}
+		// check against duplicate statements
+		if _, found := results[signal]; found {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("duplicate eviction minimum reclaim specified for %v", signal)
+		}
+		quantity, err := resource.ParseQuantity(parts[1])
+		if quantity.Sign() < 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("negative eviction minimum reclaim specified for %v", signal)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		results[signal] = quantity
+	}
+	return results, nil
+}
+
 // diskUsage converts used bytes into a resource quantity.
 func diskUsage(fsStats *statsapi.FsStats) *resource.Quantity {
 	if fsStats == nil || fsStats.UsedBytes == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers_test.go
index 98b767fa570..121fae5c8fc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers_test.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func TestParseThresholdConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		evictionHard            string
 		evictionSoft            string
 		evictionSoftGracePeriod string
+		evictionMinReclaim      string
 		expectErr               bool
 		expectThresholds        []Threshold
 	}{
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ func TestParseThresholdConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			evictionHard:            "",
 			evictionSoft:            "",
 			evictionSoftGracePeriod: "",
+			evictionMinReclaim:      "",
 			expectErr:               false,
 			expectThresholds:        []Threshold{},
 		},
@@ -55,18 +57,21 @@ func TestParseThresholdConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			evictionHard:            "memory.available<150Mi",
 			evictionSoft:            "memory.available<300Mi",
 			evictionSoftGracePeriod: "memory.available=30s",
+			evictionMinReclaim:      "memory.available=0",
 			expectErr:               false,
 			expectThresholds: []Threshold{
 				{
-					Signal:   SignalMemoryAvailable,
-					Operator: OpLessThan,
-					Value:    quantityMustParse("150Mi"),
+					Signal:     SignalMemoryAvailable,
+					Operator:   OpLessThan,
+					Value:      quantityMustParse("150Mi"),
+					MinReclaim: quantityMustParse("0"),
 				},
 				{
 					Signal:      SignalMemoryAvailable,
 					Operator:    OpLessThan,
 					Value:       quantityMustParse("300Mi"),
 					GracePeriod: gracePeriod,
+					MinReclaim:  quantityMustParse("0"),
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -74,6 +79,7 @@ func TestParseThresholdConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			evictionHard:            "mem.available<150Mi",
 			evictionSoft:            "",
 			evictionSoftGracePeriod: "",
+			evictionMinReclaim:      "",
 			expectErr:               true,
 			expectThresholds:        []Threshold{},
 		},
@@ -81,6 +87,7 @@ func TestParseThresholdConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			evictionHard:            "memory.available<150Mi,memory.available<100Mi",
 			evictionSoft:            "",
 			evictionSoftGracePeriod: "",
+			evictionMinReclaim:      "",
 			expectErr:               true,
 			expectThresholds:        []Threshold{},
 		},
@@ -88,6 +95,7 @@ func TestParseThresholdConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			evictionHard:            "memory.available<150Mi,invalid.foo<150Mi",
 			evictionSoft:            "",
 			evictionSoftGracePeriod: "",
+			evictionMinReclaim:      "",
 			expectErr:               true,
 			expectThresholds:        []Threshold{},
 		},
@@ -95,6 +103,7 @@ func TestParseThresholdConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			evictionHard:            "",
 			evictionSoft:            "memory.available<150Mi",
 			evictionSoftGracePeriod: "",
+			evictionMinReclaim:      "",
 			expectErr:               true,
 			expectThresholds:        []Threshold{},
 		},
@@ -105,9 +114,25 @@ func TestParseThresholdConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			expectErr:               true,
 			expectThresholds:        []Threshold{},
 		},
+		"neg-reclaim": {
+			evictionHard:            "",
+			evictionSoft:            "",
+			evictionSoftGracePeriod: "",
+			evictionMinReclaim:      "memory.available=-300Mi",
+			expectErr:               true,
+			expectThresholds:        []Threshold{},
+		},
+		"duplicate-reclaim": {
+			evictionHard:            "",
+			evictionSoft:            "",
+			evictionSoftGracePeriod: "",
+			evictionMinReclaim:      "memory.available=-300Mi,memory.available=-100Mi",
+			expectErr:               true,
+			expectThresholds:        []Threshold{},
+		},
 	}
 	for testName, testCase := range testCases {
-		thresholds, err := ParseThresholdConfig(testCase.evictionHard, testCase.evictionSoft, testCase.evictionSoftGracePeriod)
+		thresholds, err := ParseThresholdConfig(testCase.evictionHard, testCase.evictionSoft, testCase.evictionSoftGracePeriod, testCase.evictionMinReclaim)
 		if testCase.expectErr != (err != nil) {
 			t.Errorf("Err not as expected, test: %v, error expected: %v, actual: %v", testName, testCase.expectErr, err)
 		}
@@ -150,7 +175,8 @@ func thresholdEqual(a Threshold, b Threshold) bool {
 	return a.GracePeriod == b.GracePeriod &&
 		a.Operator == b.Operator &&
 		a.Signal == b.Signal &&
-		a.Value.Cmp(*b.Value) == 0
+		a.Value.Cmp(*b.Value) == 0 &&
+		a.MinReclaim.Cmp(*b.MinReclaim) == 0
 }
 
 // TestOrderedByQoS ensures we order BestEffort < Burstable < Guaranteed
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/types.go b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/types.go
index 185860722af..54173f871a9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/types.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/types.go
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ type Threshold struct {
 	Value *resource.Quantity
 	// GracePeriod represents the amount of time that a threshold must be met before eviction is triggered.
 	GracePeriod time.Duration
+	// MinReclaim represents the minimum amount of resource to reclaim if the threshold is met.
+	MinReclaim *resource.Quantity
 }
 
 // Manager evaluates when an eviction threshold for node stability has been met on the node.