diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 65d7bee27..00267fea9 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ pipeline:
     commands: sh .drone.sh
     when:
       event: [ push, tag ]
+    # resources:
+    #   cpu_limit: "12"
 
   publish_server_alpine:
     image: plugins/docker
diff --git a/cncd/pipeline/pipec/pipec b/cncd/pipeline/pipec/pipec
index c05e3c543..f516525c4 100755
Binary files a/cncd/pipeline/pipec/pipec and b/cncd/pipeline/pipec/pipec differ
diff --git a/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/backend/kubernetes/pod.go b/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/backend/kubernetes/pod.go
index f173831f7..2aba5bec8 100644
--- a/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/backend/kubernetes/pod.go
+++ b/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/backend/kubernetes/pod.go
@@ -54,14 +54,31 @@ func Pod(namespace string, step *backend.Step) *v1.Pod {
 		hostAliases = append(hostAliases, v1.HostAlias{IP: host[1], Hostnames: []string{host[0]}})
 	}
 
+	if step.Resources.CPULimit == "" {
+		step.Resources.CPULimit = "2"
+	}
+	if step.Resources.MemoryLimit == "" {
+		step.Resources.MemoryLimit = "2G"
+	}
+
+	memoryLimit := resource.MustParse(step.Resources.MemoryLimit)
+	CPULimit := resource.MustParse(step.Resources.CPULimit)
+
+	memoryLimitValue, _ := memoryLimit.AsInt64()
+	CPULimitValue, _ := CPULimit.AsInt64()
+	loadfactor := 0.5
+
+	memoryRequest := resource.NewQuantity(int64(float64(memoryLimitValue)*loadfactor), resource.DecimalSI)
+	CPURequest := resource.NewQuantity(int64(float64(CPULimitValue)*loadfactor), resource.DecimalSI)
+
 	resources := v1.ResourceRequirements{
 		Requests: v1.ResourceList{
-			v1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("256Mi"),
-			v1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("500m"),
+			v1.ResourceMemory: *memoryRequest,
+			v1.ResourceCPU:    *CPURequest,
 		},
 		Limits: v1.ResourceList{
-			v1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("512Mi"),
-			v1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("1000m"),
+			v1.ResourceMemory: memoryLimit,
+			v1.ResourceCPU:    CPULimit,
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/backend/types.go b/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/backend/types.go
index 1b346ce6f..3a20c4733 100644
--- a/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/backend/types.go
+++ b/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/backend/types.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ type (
 		IpcMode      string            `json:"ipc_mode,omitempty"`
 		Sysctls      map[string]string `json:"sysctls,omitempty"`
 		Ports        []string          `json:"ports,omitempty"`
+		Resources    Resources         `json:"resources,omitempty"`
 	}
 
 	// Auth defines registry authentication credentials.
@@ -86,6 +87,12 @@ type (
 		Mask  bool   `json:"mask,omitempty"`
 	}
 
+	// Resources defines pod resources limits.
+	Resources struct {
+		CPULimit    string `json:"cpu_limit"`
+		MemoryLimit string `json:"mem_limit"`
+	}
+
 	// State defines a container state.
 	State struct {
 		// Container exit code
diff --git a/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/convert.go b/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/convert.go
index afa3d453e..4a54ff137 100644
--- a/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/convert.go
+++ b/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/convert.go
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ func (c *Compiler) createProcess(name string, container *yaml.Container, section
 		cpuSet = c.reslimit.CPUSet
 	}
 	ports := container.Ports
+	resources := backend.Resources{
+		MemoryLimit: container.Resources.MemoryLimit,
+		CPULimit:    container.Resources.CPULimit,
+	}
 
 	return &backend.Step{
 		Name:         name,
@@ -178,5 +182,6 @@ func (c *Compiler) createProcess(name string, container *yaml.Container, section
 		NetworkMode: network_mode,
 		IpcMode:     ipc_mode,
 		Ports:       ports,
+		Resources:   resources,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/frontend/yaml/container.go b/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/frontend/yaml/container.go
index aeeef7b07..471a5d44b 100644
--- a/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/frontend/yaml/container.go
+++ b/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/frontend/yaml/container.go
@@ -59,9 +59,16 @@ type (
 		Constraints   Constraints               `yaml:"when,omitempty"`
 		Vargs         map[string]interface{}    `yaml:",inline"`
 		Ports         []string                  `yaml:"ports,omitempty"`
+		Resources     Resources                 `yaml:"resources,omitempty"`
 	}
 )
 
+// Resources defines pod resources limits.
+type Resources struct {
+	CPULimit    string `yaml:"cpu_limit,omitempty"`
+	MemoryLimit string `yaml:"mem_limit,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // UnmarshalYAML implements the Unmarshaller interface.
 func (c *Containers) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 	slice := yaml.MapSlice{}
diff --git a/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/frontend/yaml/container_test.go b/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/frontend/yaml/container_test.go
index e8c1ac137..e83d3af43 100644
--- a/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/frontend/yaml/container_test.go
+++ b/cncd/pipeline/pipeline/frontend/yaml/container_test.go
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ tmpfs:
   - /var/lib/test
 when:
   branch: master
+ports: ["5432"]
+resources:
+  mem_limit: 1G
+  cpu_limit: 1
 `)
 
 func TestUnmarshalContainer(t *testing.T) {
@@ -91,6 +95,8 @@ func TestUnmarshalContainer(t *testing.T) {
 		MemSwapLimit:  libcompose.MemStringorInt(1024),
 		MemSwappiness: libcompose.MemStringorInt(1024),
 		Name:          "my-build-container",
+		Ports:         []string{"5432"},
+		Resources:     Resources{MemoryLimit: "1G", CPULimit: "1"},
 		Networks: libcompose.Networks{
 			Networks: []*libcompose.Network{
 				{Name: "some-network"},