diff --git a/command/alloc_status.go b/command/alloc_status.go
index 4e21d18adff..b9d2b46be5c 100644
--- a/command/alloc_status.go
+++ b/command/alloc_status.go
@@ -586,7 +586,13 @@ func (c *AllocStatusCommand) outputTaskResources(alloc *api.Allocation, task str
 				cpuUsage = fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", math.Floor(cs.TotalTicks), cpuUsage)
 			}
 			if ms := ru.ResourceUsage.MemoryStats; ms != nil {
-				memUsage = fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", humanize.IBytes(ms.RSS), memUsage)
+				// Nomad uses RSS as the top-level metric to report, for historical reasons,
+				// but it's not always measured (e.g. with cgroup-v2)
+				usage := ms.RSS
+				if usage == 0 && !stringsContain(ms.Measured, "RSS") {
+					usage = ms.Usage
+				}
+				memUsage = fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", humanize.IBytes(usage), memUsage)
 			}
 			deviceStats = ru.ResourceUsage.DeviceStats
 		}
diff --git a/command/helpers.go b/command/helpers.go
index 74b221bba40..177cf48c17c 100644
--- a/command/helpers.go
+++ b/command/helpers.go
@@ -542,3 +542,14 @@ func (w *uiErrorWriter) Close() error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// stringsContains returns true if s is present in the vs string slice
+func stringsContain(vs []string, s string) bool {
+	for _, v := range vs {
+		if v == s {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}