diff --git a/.changelog/19515.txt b/.changelog/19515.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0237b257b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/19515.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+rawexec: Fixed a bug where oom_score_adj would be inherited from Nomad client
+```
diff --git a/drivers/shared/executor/executor_universal_linux.go b/drivers/shared/executor/executor_universal_linux.go
index 4aab9199d22..32c4bd90295 100644
--- a/drivers/shared/executor/executor_universal_linux.go
+++ b/drivers/shared/executor/executor_universal_linux.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package executor
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strconv"
 	"syscall"
@@ -112,6 +113,11 @@ func (e *UniversalExecutor) statCG(cgroup string) (int, func(), error) {
 func (e *UniversalExecutor) configureResourceContainer(command *ExecCommand, pid int) (func(), error) {
 	cgroup := command.StatsCgroup()
 
+	// ensure tasks do not inherit Nomad agent oom_score_adj value
+	if err := e.setOomAdj(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	// cgCleanup will be called after the task has been launched
 	// v1: remove the executor process from the task's cgroups
 	// v2: let go of the file descriptor of the task's cgroup
@@ -244,6 +250,14 @@ func (e *UniversalExecutor) configureCG2(cgroup string, command *ExecCommand) {
 	_ = ed.Write("cpuset.cpus", cpusetCpus)
 }
 
+func (e *UniversalExecutor) setOomAdj() error {
+	// children should not inherit Nomad agent oom_score_adj value
+	//
+	// /proc/self/oom_score_adj should work on both cgroups v1 and v2 systems
+	// range is -1000 to 1000; 0 is the default
+	return os.WriteFile("/proc/self/oom_score_adj", []byte("0"), 0644)
+}
+
 func (*UniversalExecutor) computeCPU(command *ExecCommand) uint64 {
 	cpuShares := command.Resources.LinuxResources.CPUShares
 	cpuWeight := cgroups.ConvertCPUSharesToCgroupV2Value(uint64(cpuShares))
diff --git a/e2e/rawexec/doc.go b/e2e/rawexec/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dac71294eef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/rawexec/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+
+// Package rawexec tests the raw_exec task driver.
+package rawexec
diff --git a/e2e/rawexec/input/oomadj.hcl b/e2e/rawexec/input/oomadj.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc6abe51547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/rawexec/input/oomadj.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+
+job "oomadj" {
+  type = "batch"
+
+  constraint {
+    attribute = "${attr.kernel.name}"
+    value     = "linux"
+  }
+
+  group "group" {
+
+    reschedule {
+      attempts  = 0
+      unlimited = false
+    }
+
+    restart {
+      attempts = 0
+      mode     = "fail"
+    }
+
+    task "cat" {
+      driver = "raw_exec"
+      config {
+        command = "cat"
+        args    = ["/proc/self/oom_score_adj"]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/e2e/rawexec/rawexec_test.go b/e2e/rawexec/rawexec_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8907e797e16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/rawexec/rawexec_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+
+package rawexec
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/v3/cluster3"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/v3/jobs3"
+	"github.com/shoenig/test/must"
+)
+
+func TestRawExec(t *testing.T) {
+	cluster3.Establish(t,
+		cluster3.Leader(),
+		cluster3.LinuxClients(1),
+	)
+
+	t.Run("testOomAdj", testOomAdj)
+}
+
+func testOomAdj(t *testing.T) {
+	job, cleanup := jobs3.Submit(t, "./input/oomadj.hcl")
+	t.Cleanup(cleanup)
+
+	logs := job.TaskLogs("group", "cat")
+	must.StrContains(t, logs.Stdout, "0")
+}
diff --git a/e2e/terraform/etc/nomad.d/nomad-client.service b/e2e/terraform/etc/nomad.d/nomad-client.service
index e37b995c09e..ef6a95e14a2 100644
--- a/e2e/terraform/etc/nomad.d/nomad-client.service
+++ b/e2e/terraform/etc/nomad.d/nomad-client.service
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ LimitNPROC=infinity
 TasksMax=infinity
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=2
+OOMScoreAdjust=-999
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target