diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.base b/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.base
index efc946b144a..f89f56a740f 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.base
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.base
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ spec:
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         resources:
           limits:
-            memory: 170Mi
+            memory: __PILLAR__DNS__MEMORY__LIMIT__
           requests:
             cpu: 100m
             memory: 70Mi
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.in b/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.in
index 17bb9de0320..c70c8bff674 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.in
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.in
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ spec:
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         resources:
           limits:
-            memory: 170Mi
+            memory: {{ pillar['dns_memory_limit'] }}
           requests:
             cpu: 100m
             memory: 70Mi
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.sed b/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.sed
index 53910bb6507..556afa76042 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.sed
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/coredns.yaml.sed
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ spec:
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         resources:
           limits:
-            memory: 170Mi
+            memory: $DNS_MEMORY_LIMIT
           requests:
             cpu: 100m
             memory: 70Mi
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/transforms2salt.sed b/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/transforms2salt.sed
index 0a0778b9292..4d65cac1f92 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/transforms2salt.sed
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/transforms2salt.sed
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 s/__PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__/{{ pillar['dns_server'] }}/g
 s/__PILLAR__DNS__DOMAIN__/{{ pillar['dns_domain'] }}/g
 s/__PILLAR__CLUSTER_CIDR__/{{ pillar['service_cluster_ip_range'] }}/g
+s/__PILLAR__DNS__MEMORY__LIMIT__/{{ pillar['dns_memory_limit'] }}/g
 s/__MACHINE_GENERATED_WARNING__/Warning: This is a file generated from the base underscore template file: __SOURCE_FILENAME__/g
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/transforms2sed.sed b/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/transforms2sed.sed
index 7d64f8e0b51..d13e358ce1b 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/transforms2sed.sed
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/coredns/transforms2sed.sed
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 s/__PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__/$DNS_SERVER_IP/g
 s/__PILLAR__DNS__DOMAIN__/$DNS_DOMAIN/g
 s/__PILLAR__CLUSTER_CIDR__/$SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE/g
+s/__PILLAR__DNS__MEMORY__LIMIT__/$DNS_MEMORY_LIMIT/g
 s/__MACHINE_GENERATED_WARNING__/Warning: This is a file generated from the base underscore template file: __SOURCE_FILENAME__/g
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.base b/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.base
index b6096e13e13..cb70ab2c80a 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.base
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.base
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ spec:
           # guaranteed class. Currently, this container falls into the
           # "burstable" category so the kubelet doesn't backoff from restarting it.
           limits:
-            memory: 170Mi
+            memory: __PILLAR__DNS__MEMORY__LIMIT__
           requests:
             cpu: 100m
             memory: 70Mi
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.in b/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.in
index 79da48824f8..48a70e7ecb2 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.in
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.in
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ spec:
           # guaranteed class. Currently, this container falls into the
           # "burstable" category so the kubelet doesn't backoff from restarting it.
           limits:
-            memory: 170Mi
+            memory: {{ pillar['dns_memory_limit'] }}
           requests:
             cpu: 100m
             memory: 70Mi
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.sed b/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.sed
index 2b7f0e7d9ef..85cd7a19f91 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.sed
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/kube-dns.yaml.sed
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ spec:
           # guaranteed class. Currently, this container falls into the
           # "burstable" category so the kubelet doesn't backoff from restarting it.
           limits:
-            memory: 170Mi
+            memory: $DNS_MEMORY_LIMIT
           requests:
             cpu: 100m
             memory: 70Mi
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/transforms2salt.sed b/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/transforms2salt.sed
index 0a0778b9292..4d65cac1f92 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/transforms2salt.sed
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/transforms2salt.sed
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 s/__PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__/{{ pillar['dns_server'] }}/g
 s/__PILLAR__DNS__DOMAIN__/{{ pillar['dns_domain'] }}/g
 s/__PILLAR__CLUSTER_CIDR__/{{ pillar['service_cluster_ip_range'] }}/g
+s/__PILLAR__DNS__MEMORY__LIMIT__/{{ pillar['dns_memory_limit'] }}/g
 s/__MACHINE_GENERATED_WARNING__/Warning: This is a file generated from the base underscore template file: __SOURCE_FILENAME__/g
diff --git a/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/transforms2sed.sed b/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/transforms2sed.sed
index 7d64f8e0b51..d13e358ce1b 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/transforms2sed.sed
+++ b/cluster/addons/dns/kube-dns/transforms2sed.sed
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 s/__PILLAR__DNS__SERVER__/$DNS_SERVER_IP/g
 s/__PILLAR__DNS__DOMAIN__/$DNS_DOMAIN/g
 s/__PILLAR__CLUSTER_CIDR__/$SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE/g
+s/__PILLAR__DNS__MEMORY__LIMIT__/$DNS_MEMORY_LIMIT/g
 s/__MACHINE_GENERATED_WARNING__/Warning: This is a file generated from the base underscore template file: __SOURCE_FILENAME__/g
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 566c4c75d48..3e4b3724556 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ CLUSTER_DNS_CORE_DNS="${CLUSTER_DNS_CORE_DNS:-true}"
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-true}"
 DNS_SERVER_IP="${KUBE_DNS_SERVER_IP:-10.0.0.10}"
 DNS_DOMAIN="${KUBE_DNS_DOMAIN:-cluster.local}"
+DNS_MEMORY_LIMIT="${KUBE_DNS_MEMORY_LIMIT:-170Mi}"
 
 # Optional: Enable DNS horizontal autoscaler
 ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER="${KUBE_ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-true}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index ba1c2f04aa7..ead4d35610c 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-true}"
 DNS_SERVER_IP="10.0.0.10"
 LOCAL_DNS_IP="${KUBE_LOCAL_DNS_IP:-169.254.20.10}"
 DNS_DOMAIN="cluster.local"
+DNS_MEMORY_LIMIT="${KUBE_DNS_MEMORY_LIMIT:-170Mi}"
 
 # Optional: Enable DNS horizontal autoscaler
 ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER="${KUBE_ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-true}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 0091ded0f40..78810cfebb6 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -2376,6 +2376,7 @@ function setup-coredns-manifest {
   sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['dns_domain'\] *}}@${DNS_DOMAIN}@g" "${coredns_file}"
   sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['dns_server'\] *}}@${DNS_SERVER_IP}@g" "${coredns_file}"
   sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['service_cluster_ip_range'\] *}}@${SERVICE_CLUSTER_IP_RANGE}@g" "${coredns_file}"
+  sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['dns_memory_limit'\] *}}@${DNS_MEMORY_LIMIT}@g" "${coredns_file}"
 
   if [[ "${ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-}" == "true" ]]; then
     setup-addon-manifests "addons" "dns-horizontal-autoscaler" "gce"
@@ -2427,6 +2428,7 @@ EOF
   # Replace the salt configurations with variable values.
   sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['dns_domain'\] *}}@${DNS_DOMAIN}@g" "${kubedns_file}"
   sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['dns_server'\] *}}@${DNS_SERVER_IP}@g" "${kubedns_file}"
+  sed -i -e "s@{{ *pillar\['dns_memory_limit'\] *}}@${DNS_MEMORY_LIMIT}@g" "${kubedns_file}"
 
   if [[ "${ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-}" == "true" ]]; then
     setup-addon-manifests "addons" "dns-horizontal-autoscaler" "gce"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/util.sh b/cluster/gce/util.sh
index 52fa484c23a..4643927af42 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/util.sh
@@ -1123,6 +1123,7 @@ ENABLE_NODELOCAL_DNS: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_NODELOCAL_DNS:-false})
 DNS_SERVER_IP: $(yaml-quote ${DNS_SERVER_IP:-})
 LOCAL_DNS_IP: $(yaml-quote ${LOCAL_DNS_IP:-})
 DNS_DOMAIN: $(yaml-quote ${DNS_DOMAIN:-})
+DNS_MEMORY_LIMIT: $(yaml-quote ${DNS_MEMORY_LIMIT:-})
 ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-false})
 KUBE_PROXY_DAEMONSET: $(yaml-quote ${KUBE_PROXY_DAEMONSET:-false})
 KUBE_PROXY_TOKEN: $(yaml-quote ${KUBE_PROXY_TOKEN:-})