diff --git a/cpp/include/cuvs/core/c_api.h b/cpp/include/cuvs/core/c_api.h
index d931d6c13..4db7fd12c 100644
--- a/cpp/include/cuvs/core/c_api.h
+++ b/cpp/include/cuvs/core/c_api.h
@@ -127,6 +127,27 @@ cuvsError_t cuvsRMMAlloc(cuvsResources_t res, void** ptr, size_t bytes);
  */
 cuvsError_t cuvsRMMFree(cuvsResources_t res, void* ptr, size_t bytes);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Switches the working memory resource to use the RMM pool memory resource, which will
+ * bypass unnecessary synchronizations by allocating a chunk of device memory up front and carving
+ * that up for temporary memory allocations within algorithms. Be aware that this function will
+ * change the memory resource for the whole process and the new memory resource will be used until
+ * explicitly changed.
+ *
+ * @param[in] initial_pool_size_percent The initial pool size as a percentage of the total
+ * available memory
+ * @param[in] max_pool_size_percent The maximum pool size as a percentage of the total
+ * available memory
+ * @return cuvsError_t
+ */
+cuvsError_t cuvsRMMPoolMemoryResourceEnable(int initial_pool_size_percent,
+                                            int max_pool_size_percent);
+/**
+ * @brief Resets the memory resource to use the default memory resource (cuda_memory_resource)
+ * @return cuvsError_t
+ */
+cuvsError_t cuvsRMMMemoryResourceReset();
+
 /** @} */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/cpp/src/core/c_api.cpp b/cpp/src/core/c_api.cpp
index 96504a2fe..a75e5a1dd 100644
--- a/cpp/src/core/c_api.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/core/c_api.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>
 #include <rmm/mr/device/per_device_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/mr/device/pool_memory_resource.hpp>
 #include <thread>
 
 extern "C" cuvsError_t cuvsResourcesCreate(cuvsResources_t* res)
@@ -82,6 +83,34 @@ extern "C" cuvsError_t cuvsRMMFree(cuvsResources_t res, void* ptr, size_t bytes)
   });
 }
 
+thread_local std::unique_ptr<rmm::mr::pool_memory_resource<rmm::mr::cuda_memory_resource>> pool_mr;
+
+extern "C" cuvsError_t cuvsRMMPoolMemoryResourceEnable(int initial_pool_size_percent,
+                                                       int max_pool_size_percent)
+{
+  return cuvs::core::translate_exceptions([=] {
+    // Upstream memory resource needs to be a cuda_memory_resource
+    auto cuda_mr         = rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource();
+    auto* cuda_mr_casted = dynamic_cast<rmm::mr::cuda_memory_resource*>(cuda_mr);
+    if (cuda_mr_casted == nullptr) {
+      throw std::runtime_error("Current memory resource is not a cuda_memory_resource");
+    }
+    auto initial_size = rmm::percent_of_free_device_memory(initial_pool_size_percent);
+    auto max_size     = rmm::percent_of_free_device_memory(max_pool_size_percent);
+    pool_mr = std::make_unique<rmm::mr::pool_memory_resource<rmm::mr::cuda_memory_resource>>(
+      cuda_mr_casted, initial_size, max_size);
+    rmm::mr::set_current_device_resource(pool_mr.get());
+  });
+}
+
+extern "C" cuvsError_t cuvsRMMMemoryResourceReset()
+{
+  return cuvs::core::translate_exceptions([=] {
+    rmm::mr::set_current_device_resource(nullptr);
+    pool_mr.reset();
+  });
+}
+
 thread_local std::string last_error_text = "";
 
 extern "C" const char* cuvsGetLastErrorText()
diff --git a/cpp/test/core/c_api.c b/cpp/test/core/c_api.c
index a5b73d8fb..27973c2dd 100644
--- a/cpp/test/core/c_api.c
+++ b/cpp/test/core/c_api.c
@@ -31,6 +31,33 @@ int main()
   cuvsError_t stream_error = cuvsStreamSet(res, stream);
   if (stream_error == CUVS_ERROR) { exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }
 
+  // Allocate memory
+  void* ptr;
+  size_t bytes            = 1024;
+  cuvsError_t alloc_error = cuvsRMMAlloc(res, &ptr, bytes);
+  if (alloc_error == CUVS_ERROR) { exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }
+
+  // Free memory
+  cuvsError_t free_error = cuvsRMMFree(res, ptr, bytes);
+  if (free_error == CUVS_ERROR) { exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }
+
+  // Enable pool memory resource
+  cuvsError_t pool_error = cuvsRMMPoolMemoryResourceEnable(10, 100);
+  if (pool_error == CUVS_ERROR) { exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }
+
+  // Allocate memory again
+  void* ptr2;
+  cuvsError_t alloc_error_pool = cuvsRMMAlloc(res, &ptr2, 1024);
+  if (alloc_error_pool == CUVS_ERROR) { exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }
+
+  // Free memory
+  cuvsError_t free_error_pool = cuvsRMMFree(res, ptr2, 1024);
+  if (free_error_pool == CUVS_ERROR) { exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }
+
+  // Reset pool memory resource
+  cuvsError_t reset_error = cuvsRMMMemoryResourceReset();
+  if (reset_error == CUVS_ERROR) { exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }
+
   // Destroy resources
   cuvsError_t destroy_error = cuvsResourcesDestroy(res);
   if (destroy_error == CUVS_ERROR) { exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }