diff --git a/helm-charts/basehub/values.yaml b/helm-charts/basehub/values.yaml
index 228f9033a9..a5cc18238b 100644
--- a/helm-charts/basehub/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/basehub/values.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ binderhub-service:
       - key: hub.jupyter.org/dedicated
         value: user
         effect: NoSchedule
+    resources:
+      # requests are currently zeroed based on discussion in:
+      # https://github.com/2i2c-org/infrastructure/issues/4371#issuecomment-2223168854
+      requests:
+        cpu: 0 # 0.5 in mybinder.org-deploy
+        memory: 0 # 1Gi in mybinder.org-deploy
+      # limits are set to mimic mybinder.org-deploy:
+      # https://github.com/jupyterhub/mybinder.org-deploy/blob/6b921dca969ac2c4ed77fa322b8bf28245c3c4ba/mybinder/values.yaml#L316-L322
+      limits:
+        cpu: 4
+        memory: 4Gi
   config:
     BinderHub:
       base_url: /services/binder
@@ -45,6 +56,12 @@ binderhub-service:
       node_selector:
         # Schedule builder pods to run on user nodes only
         hub.jupyter.org/node-purpose: user
+      # memory_request are currently zeroed based on discussion in:
+      # https://github.com/2i2c-org/infrastructure/issues/4371#issuecomment-2223168854
+      memory_request: 0 # 1G in mybinder.org-deploy
+      # memory_limits are set to mimic mybinder.org-deploy:
+      # https://github.com/jupyterhub/mybinder.org-deploy/blob/6b921dca969ac2c4ed77fa322b8bf28245c3c4ba/mybinder/values.yaml#L194-L195
+      memory_limit: 3G
   custom:
     sendLogsOfLaunchEventsTo2i2c: false
   extraConfig: