diff --git a/agent/agent.go b/agent/agent.go
index acd959582280f..6d7c1c8038daa 100644
--- a/agent/agent.go
+++ b/agent/agent.go
@@ -965,7 +965,10 @@ func (a *agent) run() (retErr error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return xerrors.Errorf("failed to create resources fetcher: %w", err)
 		}
-		resourcesFetcher := resourcesmonitor.NewFetcher(statfetcher)
+		resourcesFetcher, err := resourcesmonitor.NewFetcher(statfetcher)
+		if err != nil {
+			return xerrors.Errorf("new resource fetcher: %w", err)
+		}
 
 		resourcesmonitor := resourcesmonitor.NewResourcesMonitor(logger, clk, config, resourcesFetcher, aAPI)
 		return resourcesmonitor.Start(ctx)
diff --git a/agent/proto/resourcesmonitor/fetcher.go b/agent/proto/resourcesmonitor/fetcher.go
index 495a249fe9198..8305ae571def3 100644
--- a/agent/proto/resourcesmonitor/fetcher.go
+++ b/agent/proto/resourcesmonitor/fetcher.go
@@ -6,26 +6,58 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/cli/clistat"
 )
 
+type Statter interface {
+	IsContainerized() (bool, error)
+	ContainerMemory(p clistat.Prefix) (*clistat.Result, error)
+	HostMemory(p clistat.Prefix) (*clistat.Result, error)
+	Disk(p clistat.Prefix, path string) (*clistat.Result, error)
+}
+
 type Fetcher interface {
 	FetchMemory() (total int64, used int64, err error)
 	FetchVolume(volume string) (total int64, used int64, err error)
 }
 
 type fetcher struct {
-	*clistat.Statter
+	Statter
+	isContainerized bool
 }
 
 //nolint:revive
-func NewFetcher(f *clistat.Statter) *fetcher {
-	return &fetcher{
-		f,
+func NewFetcher(f Statter) (*fetcher, error) {
+	isContainerized, err := f.IsContainerized()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("check is containerized: %w", err)
 	}
+
+	return &fetcher{f, isContainerized}, nil
 }
 
 func (f *fetcher) FetchMemory() (total int64, used int64, err error) {
-	mem, err := f.HostMemory(clistat.PrefixDefault)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, 0, xerrors.Errorf("failed to fetch memory: %w", err)
+	var mem *clistat.Result
+
+	if f.isContainerized {
+		mem, err = f.ContainerMemory(clistat.PrefixDefault)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, 0, xerrors.Errorf("fetch container memory: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		// A container might not have a memory limit set. If this
+		// happens we want to fallback to querying the host's memory
+		// to know what the total memory is on the host.
+		if mem.Total == nil {
+			hostMem, err := f.HostMemory(clistat.PrefixDefault)
+			if err != nil {
+				return 0, 0, xerrors.Errorf("fetch host memory: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			mem.Total = hostMem.Total
+		}
+	} else {
+		mem, err = f.HostMemory(clistat.PrefixDefault)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, 0, xerrors.Errorf("fetch host memory: %w", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	if mem.Total == nil {
diff --git a/agent/proto/resourcesmonitor/fetcher_test.go b/agent/proto/resourcesmonitor/fetcher_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1b99023871a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/proto/resourcesmonitor/fetcher_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package resourcesmonitor_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
+
+	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/agent/proto/resourcesmonitor"
+	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/cli/clistat"
+	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/util/ptr"
+)
+
+type mockStatter struct {
+	isContainerized bool
+	containerMemory clistat.Result
+	hostMemory      clistat.Result
+	disk            map[string]clistat.Result
+}
+
+func (s *mockStatter) IsContainerized() (bool, error) {
+	return s.isContainerized, nil
+}
+
+func (s *mockStatter) ContainerMemory(_ clistat.Prefix) (*clistat.Result, error) {
+	return &s.containerMemory, nil
+}
+
+func (s *mockStatter) HostMemory(_ clistat.Prefix) (*clistat.Result, error) {
+	return &s.hostMemory, nil
+}
+
+func (s *mockStatter) Disk(_ clistat.Prefix, path string) (*clistat.Result, error) {
+	disk, ok := s.disk[path]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, xerrors.New("path not found")
+	}
+	return &disk, nil
+}
+
+func TestFetchMemory(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	t.Run("IsContainerized", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		t.Run("WithMemoryLimit", func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			fetcher, err := resourcesmonitor.NewFetcher(&mockStatter{
+				isContainerized: true,
+				containerMemory: clistat.Result{
+					Used:  10.0,
+					Total: ptr.Ref(20.0),
+				},
+				hostMemory: clistat.Result{
+					Used:  20.0,
+					Total: ptr.Ref(30.0),
+				},
+			})
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			total, used, err := fetcher.FetchMemory()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, int64(10), used)
+			require.Equal(t, int64(20), total)
+		})
+
+		t.Run("WithoutMemoryLimit", func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			fetcher, err := resourcesmonitor.NewFetcher(&mockStatter{
+				isContainerized: true,
+				containerMemory: clistat.Result{
+					Used:  10.0,
+					Total: nil,
+				},
+				hostMemory: clistat.Result{
+					Used:  20.0,
+					Total: ptr.Ref(30.0),
+				},
+			})
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			total, used, err := fetcher.FetchMemory()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, int64(10), used)
+			require.Equal(t, int64(30), total)
+		})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("IsHost", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		fetcher, err := resourcesmonitor.NewFetcher(&mockStatter{
+			isContainerized: false,
+			hostMemory: clistat.Result{
+				Used:  20.0,
+				Total: ptr.Ref(30.0),
+			},
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		total, used, err := fetcher.FetchMemory()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, int64(20), used)
+		require.Equal(t, int64(30), total)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/cli/clistat/container.go b/cli/clistat/container.go
index b58d32591b907..cf64727d8b9c5 100644
--- a/cli/clistat/container.go
+++ b/cli/clistat/container.go
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ const (
 	kubernetesDefaultServiceAccountToken = "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token" //nolint:gosec
 )
 
+func (s *Statter) IsContainerized() (ok bool, err error) {
+	return IsContainerized(s.fs)
+}
+
 // IsContainerized returns whether the host is containerized.
 // This is adapted from https://github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo/tree/main/providers/linux/container.go#L31
 // with modifications to support Sysbox containers.