diff --git a/lib/galaxy/jobs/metrics/instrumenters/core.py b/lib/galaxy/jobs/metrics/instrumenters/core.py
index 86c923d69b7..c17af4bc55d 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/jobs/metrics/instrumenters/core.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/jobs/metrics/instrumenters/core.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from ...metrics import formatting
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 GALAXY_SLOTS_KEY = "galaxy_slots"
+GALAXY_MEMORY_MB_KEY = "galaxy_memory_mb"
 START_EPOCH_KEY = "start_epoch"
 END_EPOCH_KEY = "end_epoch"
 RUNTIME_SECONDS_KEY = "runtime_seconds"
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ class CorePluginFormatter(formatting.JobMetricFormatter):
         value = int(value)
         if key == GALAXY_SLOTS_KEY:
             return ("Cores Allocated", "%d" % value)
+        elif key == GALAXY_MEMORY_MB_KEY:
+            return ("Memory Allocated (MB)", "%d" % value)
         elif key == RUNTIME_SECONDS_KEY:
             return ("Job Runtime (Wall Clock)", formatting.seconds_to_str(value))
         else:
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ class CorePlugin(InstrumentPlugin):
     def pre_execute_instrument(self, job_directory):
         commands = []
         commands.append(self.__record_galaxy_slots_command(job_directory))
+        commands.append(self.__record_galaxy_memory_mb_command(job_directory))
         commands.append(self.__record_seconds_since_epoch_to_file(job_directory, "start"))
         return commands
 
@@ -50,9 +54,11 @@ class CorePlugin(InstrumentPlugin):
 
     def job_properties(self, job_id, job_directory):
         galaxy_slots_file = self.__galaxy_slots_file(job_directory)
+        galaxy_memory_mb_file = self.__galaxy_memory_mb_file(job_directory)
 
         properties = {}
         properties[GALAXY_SLOTS_KEY] = self.__read_integer(galaxy_slots_file)
+        properties[GALAXY_MEMORY_MB_KEY] = self.__read_integer(galaxy_memory_mb_file)
         start = self.__read_seconds_since_epoch(job_directory, "start")
         end = self.__read_seconds_since_epoch(job_directory, "end")
         if start is not None and end is not None:
@@ -65,6 +71,10 @@ class CorePlugin(InstrumentPlugin):
         galaxy_slots_file = self.__galaxy_slots_file(job_directory)
         return '''echo "$GALAXY_SLOTS" > '%s' ''' % galaxy_slots_file
 
+    def __record_galaxy_memory_mb_command(self, job_directory):
+        galaxy_memory_mb_file = self.__galaxy_memory_mb_file(job_directory)
+        return '''echo "$GALAXY_MEMORY_MB" > '%s' ''' % galaxy_memory_mb_file
+
     def __record_seconds_since_epoch_to_file(self, job_directory, name):
         path = self._instrument_file_path(job_directory, "epoch_%s" % name)
         return 'date +"%s" > ' + path
@@ -76,6 +86,9 @@ class CorePlugin(InstrumentPlugin):
     def __galaxy_slots_file(self, job_directory):
         return self._instrument_file_path(job_directory, "galaxy_slots")
 
+    def __galaxy_memory_mb_file(self, job_directory):
+        return self._instrument_file_path(job_directory, "galaxy_memory_mb")
+
     def __read_integer(self, path):
         value = None
         try: