diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef4ee90..ad8e2e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,8 +117,9 @@ their default values.
 | `extraEnvVars`              | Additional environment variables to the pod                                                | `[]`            |
 | `initContainers`            | Init containers to be created in the pod                                                   | `[]`            |
 | `garbageCollect.enabled`    | If true, will deploy garbage-collector cronjob                                             | `false`         |
-| `garbageCollect.deleteUntagged` | If true, garbage-collector will delete manifests that are not currently referenced via tag | `true` |    |
-| `garbageCollect.schedule`   | CronTab schedule, please use standard crontab format                                        | `0 1 * * *` |  |
+| `garbageCollect.deleteUntagged` | If true, garbage-collector will delete manifests that are not currently referenced via tag | `true`      |
+| `garbageCollect.schedule`   | CronTab schedule, please use standard crontab format                                       | `0 1 * * *`     |
+| `garbageCollect.resources`  | garbage-collector requested resources                                                      | `{}`            |
 
 Specify each parameter using the `--set key=value[,key=value]` argument to
 `helm install`.
diff --git a/templates/cronjob.yaml b/templates/cronjob.yaml
index 80b18d5..780cf87 100644
--- a/templates/cronjob.yaml
+++ b/templates/cronjob.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ spec:
               - garbage-collect
               - --delete-untagged={{ .Values.garbageCollect.deleteUntagged }}
               - /etc/docker/registry/config.yml
+              resources: {{ toYaml .Values.garbageCollect.resources | nindent 12 }}
               env: {{ include "docker-registry.envs" . | nindent 16 }}
               {{- if .Values.containerSecurityContext.enabled }}
               securityContext: {{ omit .Values.containerSecurityContext "enabled" | toYaml | nindent 16 }}
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 4c000e3..9cfe565 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -229,3 +229,4 @@ garbageCollect:
   enabled: false
   deleteUntagged: true
   schedule: "0 1 * * *"
+  resources: {}