diff --git a/dist/resource-overlay.yaml b/dist/resource-overlay.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ac39b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/resource-overlay.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#! Copyright 2021-2022 VMware Inc.
+#!
+#! Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#! you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#! You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#!
+#!     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#!
+#! Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#! distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#! WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#! See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#! limitations under the License.
+
+#@ load("@ytt:overlay", "overlay")
+#@ load("@ytt:data", "data")
+
+#@ def conventions_deployment():
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: cartographer-conventions-controller-manager
+  namespace: conventions-system
+#@ end
+
+#@overlay/match by=overlay.subset(conventions_deployment()), expects="0+"
+---
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      #@overlay/match by="name"
+      - name: manager
+        #@overlay/match missing_ok=True
+        resources: #@ data.values.resources
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diff --git a/dist/schema.yaml b/dist/schema.yaml
index f7d44bc4..1d519c23 100644
--- a/dist/schema.yaml
+++ b/dist/schema.yaml
@@ -7,3 +7,38 @@
 
 #@schema/desc "Optional: Arn role that has access to pull images from ECR container registry"
   aws_iam_role_arn: ""
+
+#@schema/desc "Optional: Cartographer Conventions controller resource limit configuration"
+  resources:
+    type: object
+    properties:
+      limits:
+        type: object
+        properties:
+          #@schema/description "Optional: maximum amount of cpu resources to allow the controller to use"
+          cpu:
+            type: string
+            pattern: ^(\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))(([KMGTPE]i)|[numkMGTPE]|([eE](\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))))?$
+            x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
+            default: 100m
+          #@schema/description "Optional: maximum amount of memory to allow the controller to use"
+          memory:
+            type: string
+            pattern: ^(\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))(([KMGTPE]i)|[numkMGTPE]|([eE](\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))))?$
+            x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
+            default: 512Mi
+      requests:
+        type: object
+        properties:
+          #@schema/description "Optional: minimum amount of cpu to reserve"
+          cpu:
+            type: string
+            pattern: ^(\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))(([KMGTPE]i)|[numkMGTPE]|([eE](\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))))?$
+            x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
+            default: 100m
+          #@schema/description "Optional: minimum amount of memory to reserve"
+          memory:
+            type: string
+            pattern: ^(\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))(([KMGTPE]i)|[numkMGTPE]|([eE](\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))))?$
+            x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
+            default: 20Mi
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