diff --git a/roles/shiftstack/templates/shiftstackclient_pod.yml.j2 b/roles/shiftstack/templates/shiftstackclient_pod.yml.j2
index 1ba3f474dc..eeddac0eea 100644
--- a/roles/shiftstack/templates/shiftstackclient_pod.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/shiftstack/templates/shiftstackclient_pod.yml.j2
@@ -13,7 +13,17 @@ spec:
     image: {{ cifmw_shiftstack_client_pod_image }}
     imagePullPolicy: Always
     name: {{ cifmw_shiftstack_client_pod_name }}
+{% if 'crc' in cifmw_openshift_kubeconfig %}
     resources: {}
+{% else %}
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        memory: "12Gi"
+        cpu: "4"
+      limits:
+        memory: "12Gi"
+        cpu: "4"
+{% endif %}
     securityContext:
       privileged: true
     terminationMessagePath: /dev/termination-log