diff --git a/internal/criocli/criocli.go b/internal/criocli/criocli.go
index bc32cb6a461..7236d0eaae9 100644
--- a/internal/criocli/criocli.go
+++ b/internal/criocli/criocli.go
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@ func mergeConfig(config *libconfig.Config, ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if ctx.IsSet("disable-hostport-mapping") {
 		config.DisableHostPortMapping = ctx.Bool("disable-hostport-mapping")
 	}
+	if ctx.IsSet("enable-heap-dump") {
+		config.EnableHeapDump = ctx.Bool("enable-heap-dump")
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -1164,6 +1167,12 @@ func getCrioFlags(defConf *libconfig.Config) []cli.Flag {
 			EnvVars: []string{"DISABLE_HOSTPORT_MAPPING"},
 			Value:   defConf.DisableHostPortMapping,
 		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:    "enable-heap-dump",
+			Usage:   "If true, CRI-O generates a file at the specified location containing heap dump information.",
+			EnvVars: []string{"ENABLE_HEAP_DUMP"},
+			Value:   defConf.EnableHeapDump,
+		},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 88966bce4d0..ce0f9762971 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -470,6 +470,10 @@ type RuntimeConfig struct {
 	// Option to disable hostport mapping in CRI-O
 	// Default value is 'false'
 	DisableHostPortMapping bool `toml:"disable_hostport_mapping"`
+
+	// EnableHeapDump option will make CRI-O to generate a file at the specified location
+	// containing heap dump information.
+	EnableHeapDump bool `toml:"enable_heap_dump"`
 }
 
 // ImageConfig represents the "crio.image" TOML config table.
diff --git a/pkg/config/template.go b/pkg/config/template.go
index f0c82114bc7..9f17c1e4d98 100644
--- a/pkg/config/template.go
+++ b/pkg/config/template.go
@@ -475,6 +475,11 @@ func initCrioTemplateConfig(c *Config) ([]*templateConfigValue, error) {
 			group:          crioRuntimeConfig,
 			isDefaultValue: simpleEqual(dc.DisableHostPortMapping, c.DisableHostPortMapping),
 		},
+		{
+			templateString: templateStringCrioRuntimeEnableHeapDump,
+			group:          crioRuntimeConfig,
+			isDefaultValue: simpleEqual(dc.RuntimeConfig.EnableHeapDump, c.RuntimeConfig.EnableHeapDump),
+		},
 		{
 			templateString: templateStringCrioImageDefaultTransport,
 			group:          crioImageConfig,
@@ -1342,6 +1347,11 @@ const templateStringCrioRuntimeDisableHostPortMapping = `# disable_hostport_mapp
 
 `
 
+const templateStringCrioRuntimeEnableHeapDump = `# Enable/disable to dump heap memory information to a file
+{{ $.Comment }}enable_heap_dump = {{ .EnableHeapDump }}
+
+`
+
 const templateStringCrioImage = `# The crio.image table contains settings pertaining to the management of OCI images.
 #
 # CRI-O reads its configured registries defaults from the system wide
diff --git a/server/runtime_status.go b/server/runtime_status.go
index 5e1a88a5e98..e156e581a19 100644
--- a/server/runtime_status.go
+++ b/server/runtime_status.go
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ package server
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime/debug"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 	types "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
@@ -43,6 +48,24 @@ func (s *Server) Status(ctx context.Context, req *types.StatusRequest) (*types.S
 		}
 		resp.Info = info
 	}
+
+	if s.config.EnableHeapDump {
+		dumpFilePath := filepath.Join("/tmp", fmt.Sprintf(
+			"crio-heapdump-%s.out",
+			strings.ReplaceAll(time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339), ":", ""),
+		))
+
+		f, err := os.Create(dumpFilePath)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating heapdump output file: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		defer f.Close()
+
+		debug.WriteHeapDump(f.Fd())
+	}
+
 	return resp, nil
 }