diff --git a/k8s/jobs/task_to_job.go b/k8s/jobs/task_to_job.go
index 8212b7983..9da6c1abf 100644
--- a/k8s/jobs/task_to_job.go
+++ b/k8s/jobs/task_to_job.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	eiriniv1 "code.cloudfoundry.org/eirini-controller/pkg/apis/eirini/v1"
 	batch "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -49,6 +50,16 @@ func (m *Converter) Convert(task *eiriniv1.Task, privateRegistrySecret *corev1.S
 			ImagePullPolicy: corev1.PullAlways,
 			Env:             envs,
 			Command:         task.Spec.Command,
+			Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{
+				Limits: map[corev1.ResourceName]resource.Quantity{
+					corev1.ResourceMemory:           *resource.NewScaledQuantity(task.Spec.MemoryMB, resource.Mega),
+					corev1.ResourceEphemeralStorage: *resource.NewScaledQuantity(task.Spec.DiskMB, resource.Mega),
+				},
+				Requests: map[corev1.ResourceName]resource.Quantity{
+					corev1.ResourceMemory:           *resource.NewScaledQuantity(task.Spec.MemoryMB, resource.Mega),
+					corev1.ResourceEphemeralStorage: *resource.NewScaledQuantity(task.Spec.DiskMB, resource.Mega),
+				},
+			},
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/k8s/jobs/task_to_job_test.go b/k8s/jobs/task_to_job_test.go
index 8a1272b37..31351ecd7 100644
--- a/k8s/jobs/task_to_job_test.go
+++ b/k8s/jobs/task_to_job_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega/gstruct"
 	batch "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
@@ -143,6 +144,14 @@ var _ = Describe("TaskToJob", func() {
 				corev1.LocalObjectReference{Name: "registry-secret"},
 			))
 		})
+
+		By("setting limits and request", func() {
+			resources := job.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Resources
+			Expect(resources.Limits.Memory().ScaledValue(resource.Mega)).To(BeNumerically("==", 1))
+			Expect(resources.Requests.Memory().ScaledValue(resource.Mega)).To(BeNumerically("==", 1))
+			Expect(resources.Limits.StorageEphemeral().ScaledValue(resource.Mega)).To(BeNumerically("==", 3))
+			Expect(resources.Requests.StorageEphemeral().ScaledValue(resource.Mega)).To(BeNumerically("==", 3))
+		})
 	})
 
 	When("the task has environment set", func() {