diff --git a/pkg/quota/admission/clusterresourceoverride/admission.go b/pkg/quota/admission/clusterresourceoverride/admission.go
index 95e8b10999a9..bf7a75f1248f 100644
--- a/pkg/quota/admission/clusterresourceoverride/admission.go
+++ b/pkg/quota/admission/clusterresourceoverride/admission.go
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	zeroDec = inf.NewDec(0, 0)
+	zeroDec  = inf.NewDec(0, 0)
+	miDec    = inf.NewDec(1024*1024, 0)
+	cpuFloor = resource.MustParse("1m")
+	memFloor = resource.MustParse("1Mi")
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -153,24 +156,37 @@ func (a *clusterResourceOverridePlugin) Admit(attr admission.Attributes) error {
 		resources := container.Resources
 		memLimit, memFound := resources.Limits[kapi.ResourceMemory]
 		if memFound && a.config.memoryRequestToLimitRatio.Cmp(zeroDec) != 0 {
-			resources.Requests[kapi.ResourceMemory] = resource.Quantity{
-				Amount: multiply(memLimit.Amount, a.config.memoryRequestToLimitRatio),
-				Format: resource.BinarySI,
+			// memory is measured in whole bytes.
+			// the plugin rounds down to the nearest MiB rather than bytes to improve ease of use for end-users.
+			amount := multiply(memLimit.Amount, a.config.memoryRequestToLimitRatio)
+			roundDownToNearestMi := multiply(divide(amount, miDec, 0, inf.RoundDown), miDec)
+			value := resource.Quantity{Amount: roundDownToNearestMi, Format: resource.BinarySI}
+			if memFloor.Cmp(value) > 0 {
+				value = *(memFloor.Copy())
 			}
+			resources.Requests[kapi.ResourceMemory] = value
 		}
 		if memFound && a.config.limitCPUToMemoryRatio.Cmp(zeroDec) != 0 {
-			resources.Limits[kapi.ResourceCPU] = resource.Quantity{
-				// float math is necessary here as there is no way to create an inf.Dec to represent cpuBaseScaleFactor < 0.001
-				Amount: multiply(inf.NewDec(int64(float64(memLimit.Value())*cpuBaseScaleFactor), 3), a.config.limitCPUToMemoryRatio),
-				Format: resource.DecimalSI,
+			// float math is necessary here as there is no way to create an inf.Dec to represent cpuBaseScaleFactor < 0.001
+			// cpu is measured in millicores, so we need to scale and round down the value to nearest millicore scale
+			amount := multiply(inf.NewDec(int64(float64(memLimit.Value())*cpuBaseScaleFactor), 3), a.config.limitCPUToMemoryRatio)
+			amount.Round(amount, 3, inf.RoundDown)
+			value := resource.Quantity{Amount: amount, Format: resource.DecimalSI}
+			if cpuFloor.Cmp(value) > 0 {
+				value = *(cpuFloor.Copy())
 			}
+			resources.Limits[kapi.ResourceCPU] = value
 		}
 		cpuLimit, cpuFound := resources.Limits[kapi.ResourceCPU]
 		if cpuFound && a.config.cpuRequestToLimitRatio.Cmp(zeroDec) != 0 {
-			resources.Requests[kapi.ResourceCPU] = resource.Quantity{
-				Amount: multiply(cpuLimit.Amount, a.config.cpuRequestToLimitRatio),
-				Format: resource.DecimalSI,
+			// cpu is measured in millicores, so we need to scale and round down the value to nearest millicore scale
+			amount := multiply(cpuLimit.Amount, a.config.cpuRequestToLimitRatio)
+			amount.Round(amount, 3, inf.RoundDown)
+			value := resource.Quantity{Amount: amount, Format: resource.DecimalSI}
+			if cpuFloor.Cmp(value) > 0 {
+				value = *(cpuFloor.Copy())
 			}
+			resources.Requests[kapi.ResourceCPU] = value
 		}
 	}
 	glog.V(5).Infof("%s: pod limits after overrides are: %#v", api.PluginName, pod.Spec.Containers[0].Resources)
@@ -180,3 +196,7 @@ func (a *clusterResourceOverridePlugin) Admit(attr admission.Attributes) error {
 func multiply(x *inf.Dec, y *inf.Dec) *inf.Dec {
 	return inf.NewDec(0, 0).Mul(x, y)
 }
+
+func divide(x *inf.Dec, y *inf.Dec, s inf.Scale, r inf.Rounder) *inf.Dec {
+	return inf.NewDec(0, 0).QuoRound(x, y, s, r)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/quota/admission/clusterresourceoverride/admission_test.go b/pkg/quota/admission/clusterresourceoverride/admission_test.go
index be4bfb90b688..3fd15ed5ad77 100644
--- a/pkg/quota/admission/clusterresourceoverride/admission_test.go
+++ b/pkg/quota/admission/clusterresourceoverride/admission_test.go
@@ -130,14 +130,23 @@ func TestLimitRequestAdmission(t *testing.T) {
 		namespace          *kapi.Namespace
 	}{
 		{
-			name:               "this thing even runs",
+			name:               "ignore pods that have no memory limit specified",
 			config:             testConfig(100, 50, 50),
-			object:             testPod("0", "0", "0", "0"),
+			object:             testBestEffortPod(),
 			expectedMemRequest: resource.MustParse("0"),
 			expectedCpuLimit:   resource.MustParse("0"),
 			expectedCpuRequest: resource.MustParse("0"),
 			namespace:          fakeNamespace(true),
 		},
+		{
+			name:               "test floor for memory and cpu",
+			config:             testConfig(100, 50, 50),
+			object:             testPod("1Mi", "0", "0", "0"),
+			expectedMemRequest: resource.MustParse("1Mi"),
+			expectedCpuLimit:   resource.MustParse("1m"),
+			expectedCpuRequest: resource.MustParse("1m"),
+			namespace:          fakeNamespace(true),
+		},
 		{
 			name:               "nil config",
 			config:             nil,
@@ -184,12 +193,21 @@ func TestLimitRequestAdmission(t *testing.T) {
 			namespace:          fakeNamespace(true),
 		},
 		{
-			name:               "little values don't get lost",
+			name:               "little values mess things up",
 			config:             testConfig(500, 10, 10),
 			object:             testPod("1.024Mi", "0", "0", "0"),
-			expectedMemRequest: resource.MustParse(".0001Gi"),
+			expectedMemRequest: resource.MustParse("1Mi"),
 			expectedCpuLimit:   resource.MustParse("5m"),
-			expectedCpuRequest: resource.MustParse(".5m"),
+			expectedCpuRequest: resource.MustParse("1m"),
+			namespace:          fakeNamespace(true),
+		},
+		{
+			name:               "test fractional memory requests round up",
+			config:             testConfig(500, 10, 60),
+			object:             testPod("512Mi", "0", "0", "0"),
+			expectedMemRequest: resource.MustParse("307Mi"),
+			expectedCpuLimit:   resource.MustParse("2.5"),
+			expectedCpuRequest: resource.MustParse("250m"),
 			namespace:          fakeNamespace(true),
 		},
 	}
@@ -231,6 +249,18 @@ func TestLimitRequestAdmission(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func testBestEffortPod() *kapi.Pod {
+	return &kapi.Pod{
+		Spec: kapi.PodSpec{
+			Containers: []kapi.Container{
+				{
+					Resources: kapi.ResourceRequirements{},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 func testPod(memLimit string, memRequest string, cpuLimit string, cpuRequest string) *kapi.Pod {
 	return &kapi.Pod{
 		Spec: kapi.PodSpec{