diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.manifest
index f4374cd13d3..5095edd7f9f 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.manifest
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.manifest
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
     "resources": {
       "limits": {
         "cpu": "200m"
+      },
+      "requests": {
+        "cpu": "100m"
       }
     },
     "command": [