diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/api/v1alpha1/stats/types.go b/pkg/kubelet/api/v1alpha1/stats/types.go
index ce3144685a4..7fa103ea381 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/api/v1alpha1/stats/types.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/api/v1alpha1/stats/types.go
@@ -128,10 +128,13 @@ type CPUStats struct {
 type MemoryStats struct {
 	// The time at which these stats were updated.
 	Time unversioned.Time `json:"time"`
+	// Available memory for use.  This is defined as the memory limit - workingSetBytes.
+	// If memory limit is undefined, the available bytes is omitted.
+	AvailableBytes *uint64 `json:"availableBytes,omitempty"`
 	// Total memory in use. This includes all memory regardless of when it was accessed.
 	UsageBytes *uint64 `json:"usageBytes,omitempty"`
 	// The amount of working set memory. This includes recently accessed memory,
-	// dirty memory, and kernel memory. UsageBytes is <= TotalBytes.
+	// dirty memory, and kernel memory. WorkingSetBytes is <= UsageBytes
 	WorkingSetBytes *uint64 `json:"workingSetBytes,omitempty"`
 	// The amount of anonymous and swap cache memory (includes transparent
 	// hugepages).
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary.go
index 56c370a0b11..242c73579db 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/types"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
+
 	cadvisorapiv1 "github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v1"
 	cadvisorapiv2 "github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v2"
 )
@@ -284,12 +285,27 @@ func (sb *summaryBuilder) containerInfoV2ToStats(
 			PageFaults:      &pageFaults,
 			MajorPageFaults: &majorPageFaults,
 		}
+		// availableBytes = memory  limit (if known) - workingset
+		if !isMemoryUnlimited(info.Spec.Memory.Limit) {
+			availableBytes := info.Spec.Memory.Limit - cstat.Memory.WorkingSet
+			cStats.Memory.AvailableBytes = &availableBytes
+		}
 	}
+
 	sb.containerInfoV2FsStats(info, &cStats)
 	cStats.UserDefinedMetrics = sb.containerInfoV2ToUserDefinedMetrics(info)
 	return cStats
 }
 
+// Size after which we consider memory to be "unlimited". This is not
+// MaxInt64 due to rounding by the kernel.
+// TODO: cadvisor should export this https://github.com/google/cadvisor/blob/master/metrics/prometheus.go#L596
+const maxMemorySize = uint64(1 << 62)
+
+func isMemoryUnlimited(v uint64) bool {
+	return v > maxMemorySize
+}
+
 func (sb *summaryBuilder) containerInfoV2ToNetworkStats(name string, info *cadvisorapiv2.ContainerInfo) *stats.NetworkStats {
 	if !info.Spec.HasNetwork {
 		return nil
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary_test.go
index bb5b1ef9d3a..f75b1f35f23 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary_test.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestBuildSummary(t *testing.T) {
 		// Pod0 - Namespace0
 		"/pod0-i":  summaryTestContainerInfo(seedPod0Infra, pName0, namespace0, leaky.PodInfraContainerName),
 		"/pod0-c0": summaryTestContainerInfo(seedPod0Container0, pName0, namespace0, cName00),
-		"/pod0-c2": summaryTestContainerInfo(seedPod0Container1, pName0, namespace0, cName01),
+		"/pod0-c1": summaryTestContainerInfo(seedPod0Container1, pName0, namespace0, cName01),
 		// Pod1 - Namespace0
 		"/pod1-i":  summaryTestContainerInfo(seedPod1Infra, pName1, namespace0, leaky.PodInfraContainerName),
 		"/pod1-c0": summaryTestContainerInfo(seedPod1Container, pName1, namespace0, cName10),
@@ -112,6 +112,20 @@ func TestBuildSummary(t *testing.T) {
 	rootfs := v2.FsInfo{}
 	imagefs := v2.FsInfo{}
 
+	// memory limit overrides for each container (used to test available bytes if a memory limit is known)
+	memoryLimitOverrides := map[string]uint64{
+		"/":        uint64(1 << 30),
+		"/pod2-c0": uint64(1 << 15),
+	}
+	for name, memoryLimitOverride := range memoryLimitOverrides {
+		info, found := infos[name]
+		if !found {
+			t.Errorf("No container defined with name %v", name)
+		}
+		info.Spec.Memory.Limit = memoryLimitOverride
+		infos[name] = info
+	}
+
 	sb := &summaryBuilder{
 		newFsResourceAnalyzer(&MockStatsProvider{}, time.Minute*5), &node, nodeConfig, rootfs, imagefs, infos}
 	summary, err := sb.build()
@@ -121,7 +135,7 @@ func TestBuildSummary(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "FooNode", nodeStats.NodeName)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, testTime(creationTime, seedRoot).Unix(), nodeStats.StartTime.Time.Unix())
 	checkCPUStats(t, "Node", seedRoot, nodeStats.CPU)
-	checkMemoryStats(t, "Node", seedRoot, nodeStats.Memory)
+	checkMemoryStats(t, "Node", seedRoot, infos["/"], nodeStats.Memory)
 	checkNetworkStats(t, "Node", seedRoot, nodeStats.Network)
 
 	systemSeeds := map[string]int{
@@ -129,15 +143,21 @@ func TestBuildSummary(t *testing.T) {
 		kubestats.SystemContainerKubelet: seedKubelet,
 		kubestats.SystemContainerMisc:    seedMisc,
 	}
+	systemContainerToNodeCgroup := map[string]string{
+		kubestats.SystemContainerRuntime: nodeConfig.RuntimeCgroupsName,
+		kubestats.SystemContainerKubelet: nodeConfig.KubeletCgroupsName,
+		kubestats.SystemContainerMisc:    nodeConfig.SystemCgroupsName,
+	}
 	for _, sys := range nodeStats.SystemContainers {
 		name := sys.Name
+		info := infos[systemContainerToNodeCgroup[name]]
 		seed, found := systemSeeds[name]
 		if !found {
 			t.Errorf("Unknown SystemContainer: %q", name)
 		}
 		assert.EqualValues(t, testTime(creationTime, seed).Unix(), sys.StartTime.Time.Unix(), name+".StartTime")
 		checkCPUStats(t, name, seed, sys.CPU)
-		checkMemoryStats(t, name, seed, sys.Memory)
+		checkMemoryStats(t, name, seed, info, sys.Memory)
 	}
 
 	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(summary.Pods))
@@ -156,16 +176,16 @@ func TestBuildSummary(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	con := indexCon[cName00]
 	assert.EqualValues(t, testTime(creationTime, seedPod0Container0).Unix(), con.StartTime.Time.Unix())
-	checkCPUStats(t, "container", seedPod0Container0, con.CPU)
-	checkMemoryStats(t, "container", seedPod0Container0, con.Memory)
+	checkCPUStats(t, "Pod0Container0", seedPod0Container0, con.CPU)
+	checkMemoryStats(t, "Pod0Conainer0", seedPod0Container0, infos["/pod0-c0"], con.Memory)
 
 	con = indexCon[cName01]
 	assert.EqualValues(t, testTime(creationTime, seedPod0Container1).Unix(), con.StartTime.Time.Unix())
-	checkCPUStats(t, "container", seedPod0Container1, con.CPU)
-	checkMemoryStats(t, "container", seedPod0Container1, con.Memory)
+	checkCPUStats(t, "Pod0Container1", seedPod0Container1, con.CPU)
+	checkMemoryStats(t, "Pod0Container1", seedPod0Container1, infos["/pod0-c1"], con.Memory)
 
 	assert.EqualValues(t, testTime(creationTime, seedPod0Infra).Unix(), ps.StartTime.Time.Unix())
-	checkNetworkStats(t, "Pod", seedPod0Infra, ps.Network)
+	checkNetworkStats(t, "Pod0", seedPod0Infra, ps.Network)
 
 	// Validate Pod1 Results
 	ps, found = indexPods[prf1]
@@ -173,9 +193,9 @@ func TestBuildSummary(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, ps.Containers, 1)
 	con = ps.Containers[0]
 	assert.Equal(t, cName10, con.Name)
-	checkCPUStats(t, "container", seedPod1Container, con.CPU)
-	checkMemoryStats(t, "container", seedPod1Container, con.Memory)
-	checkNetworkStats(t, "Pod", seedPod1Infra, ps.Network)
+	checkCPUStats(t, "Pod1Container0", seedPod1Container, con.CPU)
+	checkMemoryStats(t, "Pod1Container0", seedPod1Container, infos["/pod1-c0"], con.Memory)
+	checkNetworkStats(t, "Pod1", seedPod1Infra, ps.Network)
 
 	// Validate Pod2 Results
 	ps, found = indexPods[prf2]
@@ -183,9 +203,9 @@ func TestBuildSummary(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, ps.Containers, 1)
 	con = ps.Containers[0]
 	assert.Equal(t, cName20, con.Name)
-	checkCPUStats(t, "container", seedPod2Container, con.CPU)
-	checkMemoryStats(t, "container", seedPod2Container, con.Memory)
-	checkNetworkStats(t, "Pod", seedPod2Infra, ps.Network)
+	checkCPUStats(t, "Pod2Container0", seedPod2Container, con.CPU)
+	checkMemoryStats(t, "Pod2Container0", seedPod2Container, infos["/pod2-c0"], con.Memory)
+	checkNetworkStats(t, "Pod2", seedPod2Infra, ps.Network)
 }
 
 func generateCustomMetricSpec() []v1.MetricSpec {
@@ -243,12 +263,17 @@ func summaryTestContainerInfo(seed int, podName string, podNamespace string, con
 			"io.kubernetes.container.name": containerName,
 		}
 	}
+	// by default, kernel will set memory.limit_in_bytes to 1 << 63 if not bounded
+	unlimitedMemory := uint64(1 << 63)
 	spec := v2.ContainerSpec{
-		CreationTime:  testTime(creationTime, seed),
-		HasCpu:        true,
-		HasMemory:     true,
-		HasNetwork:    true,
-		Labels:        labels,
+		CreationTime: testTime(creationTime, seed),
+		HasCpu:       true,
+		HasMemory:    true,
+		HasNetwork:   true,
+		Labels:       labels,
+		Memory: v2.MemorySpec{
+			Limit: unlimitedMemory,
+		},
 		CustomMetrics: generateCustomMetricSpec(),
 	}
 
@@ -308,13 +333,19 @@ func checkCPUStats(t *testing.T, label string, seed int, stats *kubestats.CPUSta
 	assert.EqualValues(t, seed+offsetCPUUsageCoreSeconds, *stats.UsageCoreNanoSeconds, label+".CPU.UsageCoreSeconds")
 }
 
-func checkMemoryStats(t *testing.T, label string, seed int, stats *kubestats.MemoryStats) {
+func checkMemoryStats(t *testing.T, label string, seed int, info v2.ContainerInfo, stats *kubestats.MemoryStats) {
 	assert.EqualValues(t, testTime(timestamp, seed).Unix(), stats.Time.Time.Unix(), label+".Mem.Time")
 	assert.EqualValues(t, seed+offsetMemUsageBytes, *stats.UsageBytes, label+".Mem.UsageBytes")
 	assert.EqualValues(t, seed+offsetMemWorkingSetBytes, *stats.WorkingSetBytes, label+".Mem.WorkingSetBytes")
 	assert.EqualValues(t, seed+offsetMemRSSBytes, *stats.RSSBytes, label+".Mem.RSSBytes")
 	assert.EqualValues(t, seed+offsetMemPageFaults, *stats.PageFaults, label+".Mem.PageFaults")
 	assert.EqualValues(t, seed+offsetMemMajorPageFaults, *stats.MajorPageFaults, label+".Mem.MajorPageFaults")
+	if !info.Spec.HasMemory || isMemoryUnlimited(info.Spec.Memory.Limit) {
+		assert.Nil(t, stats.AvailableBytes, label+".Mem.AvailableBytes")
+	} else {
+		expected := info.Spec.Memory.Limit - *stats.WorkingSetBytes
+		assert.EqualValues(t, expected, *stats.AvailableBytes, label+".Mem.AvailableBytes")
+	}
 }
 
 func TestCustomMetrics(t *testing.T) {