diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 826d87908d9..4c4d5526baa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ The following API entry points are currently supported:
 | `/pause/:id`        | `application/json` | Pause a running container.                                                         |
 | `/unpause/:id`      | `application/json` | Unpause a paused container.                                                        |
 | `/debug/goroutines` | `text/plain`       | Print the goroutine stacks.                                                        |
+| `/debug/heap`       | `text/plain`       | Write the heap dump.                                                               |
 
 <!-- markdownlint-enable MD013 -->
 
diff --git a/cmd/crio/main.go b/cmd/crio/main.go
index 900c6cadb06..428e4c33ebd 100644
--- a/cmd/crio/main.go
+++ b/cmd/crio/main.go
@@ -41,10 +41,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func writeCrioGoroutineStacks() {
-	path := filepath.Join("/tmp", fmt.Sprintf(
-		"crio-goroutine-stacks-%s.log",
-		strings.ReplaceAll(time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339), ":", ""),
-	))
+	path := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), fmt.Sprintf("crio-goroutine-stacks-%s.log", criocli.Timestamp()))
 	if err := utils.WriteGoroutineStacksToFile(path); err != nil {
 		logrus.Warnf("Failed to write goroutine stacks: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/completions/fish/crio.fish b/completions/fish/crio.fish
index bc12db3a21a..7f476bb0eb5 100644
--- a/completions/fish/crio.fish
+++ b/completions/fish/crio.fish
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 function __fish_crio_no_subcommand --description 'Test if there has been any subcommand yet'
     for i in (commandline -opc)
-        if contains -- $i check complete completion help h config man markdown md status config c containers container cs s info i goroutines g version wipe help h
+        if contains -- $i check complete completion help h config man markdown md status config c containers container cs s info i goroutines g heap hp version wipe help h
             return 1
         end
     end
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ complete -c crio -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from info i' -f -l help -s h -d 'sho
 complete -r -c crio -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from status' -a 'info i' -d 'Retrieve generic information about CRI-O, such as the cgroup and storage driver.'
 complete -c crio -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from goroutines g' -f -l help -s h -d 'show help'
 complete -r -c crio -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from status' -a 'goroutines g' -d 'Display the goroutine stack.'
+complete -c crio -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from heap hp' -f -l help -s h -d 'show help'
+complete -r -c crio -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from status' -a 'heap hp' -d 'Write the heap dump to a temp file and print its location on disk.'
+complete -c crio -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from heap hp' -l file -s f -r -d 'Output file of the heap dump.'
 complete -c crio -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from version' -f -l help -s h -d 'show help'
 complete -r -c crio -n '__fish_crio_no_subcommand' -a 'version' -d 'display detailed version information'
 complete -c crio -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from version' -f -l json -s j -d 'print JSON instead of text'
diff --git a/docs/crio.8.md b/docs/crio.8.md
index d2e7efe7820..9c5fd7a0b60 100644
--- a/docs/crio.8.md
+++ b/docs/crio.8.md
@@ -523,6 +523,12 @@ Retrieve generic information about CRI-O, such as the cgroup and storage driver.
 
 Display the goroutine stack.
 
+### heap, hp
+
+Write the heap dump to a temp file and print its location on disk.
+
+**--file, -f**="": Output file of the heap dump.
+
 ## version
 
 display detailed version information
diff --git a/internal/client/client.go b/internal/client/client.go
index e6d7b700616..771e093cdd9 100644
--- a/internal/client/client.go
+++ b/internal/client/client.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type CrioClient interface {
 	ContainerInfo(context.Context, string) (*types.ContainerInfo, error)
 	ConfigInfo(context.Context) (string, error)
 	GoRoutinesInfo(context.Context) (string, error)
+	HeapInfo(context.Context) ([]byte, error)
 }
 
 type crioClientImpl struct {
@@ -126,3 +127,12 @@ func (c *crioClientImpl) GoRoutinesInfo(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return string(body), nil
 }
+
+// HeapInfo writes a heap dump.
+func (c *crioClientImpl) HeapInfo(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
+	body, err := c.doGetRequest(ctx, server.InspectHeapEndpoint)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return body, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/criocli/criocli.go b/internal/criocli/criocli.go
index 13010c3d92e..48f6fb5d7e5 100644
--- a/internal/criocli/criocli.go
+++ b/internal/criocli/criocli.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/docker/go-units"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -1256,3 +1257,8 @@ func StringSliceTrySplit(ctx *cli.Context, name string) []string {
 
 	return trimmedValues
 }
+
+// Timestamp returns a string timestamp representation.
+func Timestamp() string {
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339), ":", "")
+}
diff --git a/internal/criocli/status.go b/internal/criocli/status.go
index 8b307a2f757..01d3b7f1e0e 100644
--- a/internal/criocli/status.go
+++ b/internal/criocli/status.go
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package criocli
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 
 	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/internal/client"
@@ -53,6 +55,19 @@ var StatusCommand = &cli.Command{
 		Aliases: []string{"g"},
 		Name:    "goroutines",
 		Usage:   "Display the goroutine stack.",
+	}, {
+		Action:  heap,
+		Aliases: []string{"hp"},
+		Name:    "heap",
+		Usage:   "Write the heap dump to a temp file and print its location on disk.",
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:      "file",
+				Aliases:   []string{"f"},
+				Usage:     "Output file of the heap dump.",
+				TakesFile: true,
+			},
+		},
 	}},
 }
 
@@ -159,3 +174,41 @@ func goroutines(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func heap(c *cli.Context) error {
+	crioClient, err := crioClient(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	data, err := crioClient.HeapInfo(c.Context)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	outputPath := c.String("file")
+	switch outputPath {
+	case "-":
+		if _, err := os.Stdout.Write(data); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("write heap dump to stdout: %w", err)
+		}
+
+	case "":
+		outputPath = fmt.Sprintf("crio-heap-%s.out", Timestamp())
+		fallthrough
+
+	default:
+		file, err := os.Create(outputPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("create output file %s: %w", outputPath, err)
+		}
+
+		if _, err := file.Write(data); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("write heap dump: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		logrus.Infof("Wrote heap dump to: %s", outputPath)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/server/inspect.go b/server/inspect.go
index 950b39d6c85..a08832ef352 100644
--- a/server/inspect.go
+++ b/server/inspect.go
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ package server
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/pprof"
+	"os"
+	"runtime/debug"
 
 	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/idtools"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
@@ -126,6 +129,7 @@ const (
 	InspectPauseEndpoint      = "/pause"
 	InspectUnpauseEndpoint    = "/unpause"
 	InspectGoRoutinesEndpoint = "/debug/goroutines"
+	InspectHeapEndpoint       = "/debug/heap"
 )
 
 // GetExtendInterfaceMux returns the mux used to serve extend interface requests.
@@ -254,6 +258,28 @@ func (s *Server) GetExtendInterfaceMux(enableProfile bool) *chi.Mux {
 		}
 	}))
 
+	mux.Get(InspectHeapEndpoint, http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
+
+		f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "cri-o-heap-*.out")
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+		defer os.Remove(f.Name())
+		debug.WriteHeapDump(f.Fd())
+
+		if _, err := f.Seek(0, 0); err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+
+		if _, err := io.Copy(w, f); err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+	}))
+
 	// Add pprof handlers
 	if enableProfile {
 		mux.Get("/debug/pprof/cmdline", http.HandlerFunc(pprof.Cmdline))
diff --git a/test/status.bats b/test/status.bats
index fd29cc0e02a..f3e3c591295 100644
--- a/test/status.bats
+++ b/test/status.bats
@@ -64,3 +64,9 @@ function teardown() {
 	run -0 "${CRIO_BINARY_PATH}" status --socket="${CRIO_SOCKET}" goroutines
 	[[ "$output" == *"goroutine"* ]]
 }
+
+@test "status should succeed to retrieve a heap dump" {
+	run -0 "${CRIO_BINARY_PATH}" status --socket="${CRIO_SOCKET}" heap -f "$TESTDIR/heap.out"
+	[[ "$output" == *"Wrote heap dump to: $TESTDIR/heap.out"* ]]
+	[ -f "$TESTDIR/heap.out" ]
+}