diff --git a/sources/kube_nodes.go b/sources/kube_nodes.go
index 1a9100fef3..f967b5d1e4 100644
--- a/sources/kube_nodes.go
+++ b/sources/kube_nodes.go
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ func (self *kubeNodeMetrics) updateStats(host nodes.Host, info nodes.Info, start
 		hostContainer = &hostCopy
 		containers = append(containers[:hostIndex], containers[hostIndex+1:]...)
 	}
+	// This is temporary workaround for #399.
+	hostContainer.Spec.Cpu.Limit = info.CpuCapacity
+	hostContainer.Spec.Memory.Limit = info.MemCapacity
 	return hostContainer, containers, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/sources/nodes/coreos_test.go b/sources/nodes/coreos_test.go
index 013bd89bf8..6ca5d51f1d 100644
--- a/sources/nodes/coreos_test.go
+++ b/sources/nodes/coreos_test.go
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ func TestSuccessCase(t *testing.T) {
 	nodeList, err := nodesApi.List()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, nodeList.Items, 2)
-	assert.Equal(t, nodeList.Items["a"], Info{"1.2.3.4", "1.2.3.4", ""})
-	assert.Equal(t, nodeList.Items["b"], Info{"1.2.3.5", "1.2.3.5", ""})
+	assert.Equal(t, nodeList.Items["a"], Info{"1.2.3.4", "1.2.3.4", "", 0, 0})
+	assert.Equal(t, nodeList.Items["b"], Info{"1.2.3.5", "1.2.3.5", "", 0, 0})
 }
 
 func TestFailureCase(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/sources/nodes/kube.go b/sources/nodes/kube.go
index 7ba85647f9..f76f2e9390 100644
--- a/sources/nodes/kube.go
+++ b/sources/nodes/kube.go
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ func (self *kubeNodes) getNodeInfoAndHostname(node api.Node) (Info, string, erro
 	if node.Spec.ExternalID != "" {
 		nodeInfo.ExternalID = node.Spec.ExternalID
 	}
+	cpu := node.Status.Capacity[api.ResourceCPU]
+	mem := node.Status.Capacity[api.ResourceMemory]
+	// To be consistent with cgroups the value is normalized.
+	nodeInfo.CpuCapacity = uint64(cpu.MilliValue() * 1024 / 1000)
+	nodeInfo.MemCapacity = uint64(mem.Value())
 	return nodeInfo, hostname, nodeErr
 }
 
diff --git a/sources/nodes/types.go b/sources/nodes/types.go
index 49909f96e1..e1d5b954ed 100644
--- a/sources/nodes/types.go
+++ b/sources/nodes/types.go
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ type Info struct {
 	InternalIP string
 	// An optional ID assigned to nodes by either the cloud provider or user.
 	ExternalID string
+	// Cpu capacity of node as number of 1/1024 share of core.
+	CpuCapacity uint64
+	// Memory capacity of node in bytes.
+	MemCapacity uint64
 }
 
 // NodeList contains the nodes that an instance of heapster is required to