diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/ann.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/ann.hpp
index e8cc85256d..6ce9463e43 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/ann.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/ann.hpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include "detail/ann_quantized_faiss.cuh"
 
 #include <faiss/gpu/GpuIndex.h>
-#include <faiss/gpu/StandardGpuResources.h>
+#include <raft/spatial/knn/faiss_mr.hpp>
 
 #include <raft/mr/device/buffer.hpp>
 
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/ann_common.h b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/ann_common.h
index 573a23181d..79f75dc8ae 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/ann_common.h
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/ann_common.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/distance_type.h>
 
 #include <faiss/gpu/GpuIndex.h>
-#include <faiss/gpu/StandardGpuResources.h>
+#include <raft/spatial/knn/faiss_mr.hpp>
 
 namespace raft {
 namespace spatial {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct knnIndex {
   raft::distance::DistanceType metric;
   float metricArg;
 
-  faiss::gpu::StandardGpuResources* gpu_res;
+  raft::spatial::knn::RmmGpuResources* gpu_res;
   int device;
   ~knnIndex()
   {
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_quantized_faiss.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_quantized_faiss.cuh
index ff08917585..1c2f21b72c 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_quantized_faiss.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/ann_quantized_faiss.cuh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <label/classlabels.cuh>
 #include <raft/distance/distance.hpp>
+#include <raft/spatial/knn/faiss_mr.hpp>
 
 #include <faiss/gpu/GpuDistance.h>
 #include <faiss/gpu/GpuIndexFlat.h>
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <faiss/gpu/GpuIndexIVFPQ.h>
 #include <faiss/gpu/GpuIndexIVFScalarQuantizer.h>
 #include <faiss/gpu/GpuResources.h>
-#include <faiss/gpu/StandardGpuResources.h>
 #include <faiss/gpu/utils/Limits.cuh>
 #include <faiss/gpu/utils/Select.cuh>
 #include <faiss/gpu/utils/Tensor.cuh>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void approx_knn_build_index(raft::handle_t& handle,
   int device;
   RAFT_CUDA_TRY(cudaGetDevice(&device));
 
-  faiss::gpu::StandardGpuResources* gpu_res = new faiss::gpu::StandardGpuResources();
+  raft::spatial::knn::RmmGpuResources* gpu_res = new raft::spatial::knn::RmmGpuResources();
   gpu_res->noTempMemory();
   gpu_res->setDefaultStream(device, handle.get_stream());
   index->gpu_res   = gpu_res;
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/haversine_distance.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/haversine_distance.cuh
index fdbe77c561..8d40860535 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/haversine_distance.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/haversine_distance.cuh
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
 
 #include <faiss/gpu/GpuDistance.h>
 #include <faiss/gpu/GpuResources.h>
-#include <faiss/gpu/StandardGpuResources.h>
 #include <faiss/gpu/utils/Limits.cuh>
 #include <faiss/gpu/utils/Select.cuh>
 #include <faiss/utils/Heap.h>
 
 #include <raft/handle.hpp>
 #include <raft/linalg/distance_type.h>
+#include <raft/spatial/knn/faiss_mr.hpp>
 
 namespace raft {
 namespace spatial {
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/knn_brute_force_faiss.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/knn_brute_force_faiss.cuh
index 6e0ea1f538..98a8885369 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/knn_brute_force_faiss.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/knn_brute_force_faiss.cuh
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 #include <faiss/gpu/GpuDistance.h>
 #include <faiss/gpu/GpuResources.h>
-#include <faiss/gpu/StandardGpuResources.h>
 #include <faiss/gpu/utils/Limits.cuh>
 #include <faiss/gpu/utils/Select.cuh>
 #include <faiss/utils/Heap.h>
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <raft/handle.hpp>
 #include <raft/linalg/distance_type.h>
+#include <raft/spatial/knn/faiss_mr.hpp>
 #include <set>
 #include <thrust/iterator/transform_iterator.h>
 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ void brute_force_knn_impl(
         default:
           faiss::MetricType m = build_faiss_metric(metric);
 
-          faiss::gpu::StandardGpuResources gpu_res;
+          raft::spatial::knn::RmmGpuResources gpu_res;
 
           gpu_res.noTempMemory();
           gpu_res.setDefaultStream(device, stream);
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/selection_faiss.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/selection_faiss.cuh
index 07de6bcff9..03a4eabaac 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/selection_faiss.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/detail/selection_faiss.cuh
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <raft/cudart_utils.h>
+#include <raft/spatial/knn/faiss_mr.hpp>
 
 #include <faiss/gpu/GpuDistance.h>
 #include <faiss/gpu/GpuIndexFlat.h>
 #include <faiss/gpu/GpuResources.h>
-#include <faiss/gpu/StandardGpuResources.h>
 #include <faiss/gpu/utils/Limits.cuh>
 #include <faiss/gpu/utils/Select.cuh>
 #include <faiss/utils/Heap.h>
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/faiss_mr.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/faiss_mr.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11377e66e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/spatial/knn/faiss_mr.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,643 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+/*
+This code contains unnecessary code duplication. These could be deleted
+once the relevant changes would be made on the FAISS side. Indeed most of
+the logic in the below code is similar to FAISS's standard implementation
+and should thus be inherited instead of duplicated. This FAISS's issue
+once solved should allow the removal of the unnecessary duplicates
+in this file : https://github.com/facebookresearch/faiss/issues/2097
+*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <faiss/gpu/GpuResources.h>
+#include <faiss/gpu/utils/DeviceUtils.h>
+#include <faiss/gpu/utils/StackDeviceMemory.h>
+#include <faiss/gpu/utils/StaticUtils.h>
+#include <faiss/impl/FaissAssert.h>
+#include <functional>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <limits>
+#include <map>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <rmm/mr/device/cuda_memory_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/mr/device/managed_memory_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/mr/host/pinned_memory_resource.hpp>
+
+namespace raft {
+namespace spatial {
+namespace knn {
+
+using namespace faiss::gpu;
+
+namespace {
+
+// How many streams per device we allocate by default (for multi-streaming)
+constexpr int kNumStreams = 2;
+
+// Use 256 MiB of pinned memory for async CPU <-> GPU copies by default
+constexpr size_t kDefaultPinnedMemoryAllocation = (size_t)256 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+// Default temporary memory allocation for <= 4 GiB memory GPUs
+constexpr size_t k4GiBTempMem = (size_t)512 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+// Default temporary memory allocation for <= 8 GiB memory GPUs
+constexpr size_t k8GiBTempMem = (size_t)1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+// Maximum temporary memory allocation for all GPUs
+constexpr size_t kMaxTempMem = (size_t)1536 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+std::string allocsToString(const std::unordered_map<void*, AllocRequest>& map)
+{
+  // Produce a sorted list of all outstanding allocations by type
+  std::unordered_map<AllocType, std::pair<int, size_t>> stats;
+
+  for (auto& entry : map) {
+    auto& a = entry.second;
+
+    auto it = stats.find(a.type);
+    if (it != stats.end()) {
+      stats[a.type].first++;
+      stats[a.type].second += a.size;
+    } else {
+      stats[a.type] = std::make_pair(1, a.size);
+    }
+  }
+
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  for (auto& entry : stats) {
+    ss << "Alloc type " << allocTypeToString(entry.first) << ": " << entry.second.first
+       << " allocations, " << entry.second.second << " bytes\n";
+  }
+
+  return ss.str();
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
+/// RMM implementation of the GpuResources object that provides for a
+/// temporary memory manager
+class RmmGpuResourcesImpl : public GpuResources {
+ public:
+  RmmGpuResourcesImpl()
+    : pinnedMemAlloc_(nullptr),
+      pinnedMemAllocSize_(0),
+      // let the adjustment function determine the memory size for us by passing
+      // in a huge value that will then be adjusted
+      tempMemSize_(getDefaultTempMemForGPU(-1, std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max())),
+      pinnedMemSize_(kDefaultPinnedMemoryAllocation),
+      allocLogging_(false),
+      cmr(new rmm::mr::cuda_memory_resource),
+      mmr(new rmm::mr::managed_memory_resource),
+      pmr(new rmm::mr::pinned_memory_resource){};
+
+  ~RmmGpuResourcesImpl()
+  {
+    // The temporary memory allocator has allocated memory through us, so clean
+    // that up before we finish fully de-initializing ourselves
+    tempMemory_.clear();
+
+    // Make sure all allocations have been freed
+    bool allocError = false;
+
+    for (auto& entry : allocs_) {
+      auto& map = entry.second;
+
+      if (!map.empty()) {
+        std::cerr << "RmmGpuResources destroyed with allocations outstanding:\n"
+                  << "Device " << entry.first << " outstanding allocations:\n";
+        std::cerr << allocsToString(map);
+        allocError = true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    FAISS_ASSERT_MSG(!allocError, "GPU memory allocations not properly cleaned up");
+
+    for (auto& entry : defaultStreams_) {
+      DeviceScope scope(entry.first);
+
+      // We created these streams, so are responsible for destroying them
+      CUDA_VERIFY(cudaStreamDestroy(entry.second));
+    }
+
+    for (auto& entry : alternateStreams_) {
+      DeviceScope scope(entry.first);
+
+      for (auto stream : entry.second) {
+        CUDA_VERIFY(cudaStreamDestroy(stream));
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (auto& entry : asyncCopyStreams_) {
+      DeviceScope scope(entry.first);
+
+      CUDA_VERIFY(cudaStreamDestroy(entry.second));
+    }
+
+    for (auto& entry : blasHandles_) {
+      DeviceScope scope(entry.first);
+
+      auto blasStatus = cublasDestroy(entry.second);
+      FAISS_ASSERT(blasStatus == CUBLAS_STATUS_SUCCESS);
+    }
+
+    if (pinnedMemAlloc_) { pmr->deallocate(pinnedMemAlloc_, pinnedMemAllocSize_); }
+  };
+
+  /// Disable allocation of temporary memory; all temporary memory
+  /// requests will call cudaMalloc / cudaFree at the point of use
+  void noTempMemory() { setTempMemory(0); };
+
+  /// Specify that we wish to use a certain fixed size of memory on
+  /// all devices as temporary memory. This is the upper bound for the GPU
+  /// memory that we will reserve. We will never go above 1.5 GiB on any GPU;
+  /// smaller GPUs (with <= 4 GiB or <= 8 GiB) will use less memory than that.
+  /// To avoid any temporary memory allocation, pass 0.
+  void setTempMemory(size_t size)
+  {
+    if (tempMemSize_ != size) {
+      // adjust based on general limits
+      tempMemSize_ = getDefaultTempMemForGPU(-1, size);
+
+      // We need to re-initialize memory resources for all current devices that
+      // have been initialized.
+      // This should be safe to do, even if we are currently running work, because
+      // the cudaFree call that this implies will force-synchronize all GPUs with
+      // the CPU
+      for (auto& p : tempMemory_) {
+        int device = p.first;
+        // Free the existing memory first
+        p.second.reset();
+
+        // Allocate new
+        p.second = std::unique_ptr<StackDeviceMemory>(
+          new StackDeviceMemory(this,
+                                p.first,
+                                // adjust for this specific device
+                                getDefaultTempMemForGPU(device, tempMemSize_)));
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  /// Set amount of pinned memory to allocate, for async GPU <-> CPU
+  /// transfers
+  void setPinnedMemory(size_t size)
+  {
+    // Should not call this after devices have been initialized
+    FAISS_ASSERT(defaultStreams_.size() == 0);
+    FAISS_ASSERT(!pinnedMemAlloc_);
+
+    pinnedMemSize_ = size;
+  };
+
+  /// Called to change the stream for work ordering. We do not own `stream`;
+  /// i.e., it will not be destroyed when the GpuResources object gets cleaned
+  /// up.
+  /// We are guaranteed that all Faiss GPU work is ordered with respect to
+  /// this stream upon exit from an index or other Faiss GPU call.
+  void setDefaultStream(int device, cudaStream_t stream)
+  {
+    if (isInitialized(device)) {
+      // A new series of calls may not be ordered with what was the previous
+      // stream, so if the stream being specified is different, then we need to
+      // ensure ordering between the two (new stream waits on old).
+      auto it                 = userDefaultStreams_.find(device);
+      cudaStream_t prevStream = nullptr;
+
+      if (it != userDefaultStreams_.end()) {
+        prevStream = it->second;
+      } else {
+        FAISS_ASSERT(defaultStreams_.count(device));
+        prevStream = defaultStreams_[device];
+      }
+
+      if (prevStream != stream) { streamWait({stream}, {prevStream}); }
+    }
+
+    userDefaultStreams_[device] = stream;
+  };
+
+  /// Revert the default stream to the original stream managed by this resources
+  /// object, in case someone called `setDefaultStream`.
+  void revertDefaultStream(int device)
+  {
+    if (isInitialized(device)) {
+      auto it = userDefaultStreams_.find(device);
+
+      if (it != userDefaultStreams_.end()) {
+        // There was a user stream set that we need to synchronize against
+        cudaStream_t prevStream = userDefaultStreams_[device];
+
+        FAISS_ASSERT(defaultStreams_.count(device));
+        cudaStream_t newStream = defaultStreams_[device];
+
+        streamWait({newStream}, {prevStream});
+      }
+    }
+
+    userDefaultStreams_.erase(device);
+  };
+
+  /// Returns the stream for the given device on which all Faiss GPU work is
+  /// ordered.
+  /// We are guaranteed that all Faiss GPU work is ordered with respect to
+  /// this stream upon exit from an index or other Faiss GPU call.
+  cudaStream_t getDefaultStream(int device)
+  {
+    initializeForDevice(device);
+
+    auto it = userDefaultStreams_.find(device);
+    if (it != userDefaultStreams_.end()) {
+      // There is a user override stream set
+      return it->second;
+    }
+
+    // Otherwise, our base default stream
+    return defaultStreams_[device];
+  };
+
+  /// Called to change the work ordering streams to the null stream
+  /// for all devices
+  void setDefaultNullStreamAllDevices()
+  {
+    for (int dev = 0; dev < getNumDevices(); ++dev) {
+      setDefaultStream(dev, nullptr);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /// If enabled, will print every GPU memory allocation and deallocation to
+  /// standard output
+  void setLogMemoryAllocations(bool enable) { allocLogging_ = enable; };
+
+ public:
+  /// Internal system calls
+
+  /// Initialize resources for this device
+  void initializeForDevice(int device)
+  {
+    if (isInitialized(device)) { return; }
+
+    // If this is the first device that we're initializing, create our
+    // pinned memory allocation
+    if (defaultStreams_.empty() && pinnedMemSize_ > 0) {
+      pinnedMemAlloc_     = pmr->allocate(pinnedMemSize_);
+      pinnedMemAllocSize_ = pinnedMemSize_;
+    }
+
+    FAISS_ASSERT(device < getNumDevices());
+    DeviceScope scope(device);
+
+    // Make sure that device properties for all devices are cached
+    auto& prop = getDeviceProperties(device);
+
+    // Also check to make sure we meet our minimum compute capability (3.0)
+    FAISS_ASSERT_FMT(prop.major >= 3,
+                     "Device id %d with CC %d.%d not supported, "
+                     "need 3.0+ compute capability",
+                     device,
+                     prop.major,
+                     prop.minor);
+
+    // Create streams
+    cudaStream_t defaultStream = 0;
+    CUDA_VERIFY(cudaStreamCreateWithFlags(&defaultStream, cudaStreamNonBlocking));
+
+    defaultStreams_[device] = defaultStream;
+
+    cudaStream_t asyncCopyStream = 0;
+    CUDA_VERIFY(cudaStreamCreateWithFlags(&asyncCopyStream, cudaStreamNonBlocking));
+
+    asyncCopyStreams_[device] = asyncCopyStream;
+
+    std::vector<cudaStream_t> deviceStreams;
+    for (int j = 0; j < kNumStreams; ++j) {
+      cudaStream_t stream = 0;
+      CUDA_VERIFY(cudaStreamCreateWithFlags(&stream, cudaStreamNonBlocking));
+
+      deviceStreams.push_back(stream);
+    }
+
+    alternateStreams_[device] = std::move(deviceStreams);
+
+    // Create cuBLAS handle
+    cublasHandle_t blasHandle = 0;
+    auto blasStatus           = cublasCreate(&blasHandle);
+    FAISS_ASSERT(blasStatus == CUBLAS_STATUS_SUCCESS);
+    blasHandles_[device] = blasHandle;
+
+    // For CUDA 10 on V100, enabling tensor core usage would enable automatic
+    // rounding down of inputs to f16 (though accumulate in f32) which results in
+    // unacceptable loss of precision in general.
+    // For CUDA 11 / A100, only enable tensor core support if it doesn't result in
+    // a loss of precision.
+#if CUDA_VERSION >= 11000
+    cublasSetMathMode(blasHandle, CUBLAS_MATH_DISALLOW_REDUCED_PRECISION_REDUCTION);
+#endif
+
+    FAISS_ASSERT(allocs_.count(device) == 0);
+    allocs_[device] = std::unordered_map<void*, AllocRequest>();
+
+    FAISS_ASSERT(tempMemory_.count(device) == 0);
+    auto mem = std::unique_ptr<StackDeviceMemory>(
+      new StackDeviceMemory(this,
+                            device,
+                            // adjust for this specific device
+                            getDefaultTempMemForGPU(device, tempMemSize_)));
+
+    tempMemory_.emplace(device, std::move(mem));
+  };
+
+  cublasHandle_t getBlasHandle(int device)
+  {
+    initializeForDevice(device);
+    return blasHandles_[device];
+  };
+
+  std::vector<cudaStream_t> getAlternateStreams(int device)
+  {
+    initializeForDevice(device);
+    return alternateStreams_[device];
+  };
+
+  /// Allocate non-temporary GPU memory
+  void* allocMemory(const AllocRequest& req)
+  {
+    initializeForDevice(req.device);
+
+    // We don't allocate a placeholder for zero-sized allocations
+    if (req.size == 0) { return nullptr; }
+
+    // Make sure that the allocation is a multiple of 16 bytes for alignment
+    // purposes
+    auto adjReq = req;
+    adjReq.size = utils::roundUp(adjReq.size, (size_t)16);
+
+    void* p = nullptr;
+
+    if (allocLogging_) { std::cout << "RmmGpuResources: alloc " << adjReq.toString() << "\n"; }
+
+    if (adjReq.space == MemorySpace::Temporary) {
+      // If we don't have enough space in our temporary memory manager, we need
+      // to allocate this request separately
+      auto& tempMem = tempMemory_[adjReq.device];
+
+      if (adjReq.size > tempMem->getSizeAvailable()) {
+        // We need to allocate this ourselves
+        AllocRequest newReq = adjReq;
+        newReq.space        = MemorySpace::Device;
+        newReq.type         = AllocType::TemporaryMemoryOverflow;
+
+        return allocMemory(newReq);
+      }
+
+      // Otherwise, we can handle this locally
+      p = tempMemory_[adjReq.device]->allocMemory(adjReq.stream, adjReq.size);
+
+    } else if (adjReq.space == MemorySpace::Device) {
+      p = cmr->allocate(adjReq.size, adjReq.stream);
+    } else if (adjReq.space == MemorySpace::Unified) {
+      p = mmr->allocate(adjReq.size, adjReq.stream);
+    } else {
+      FAISS_ASSERT_FMT(false, "unknown MemorySpace %d", (int)adjReq.space);
+    }
+
+    allocs_[adjReq.device][p] = adjReq;
+
+    return p;
+  };
+
+  /// Returns a previous allocation
+  void deallocMemory(int device, void* p)
+  {
+    FAISS_ASSERT(isInitialized(device));
+
+    if (!p) { return; }
+
+    auto& a = allocs_[device];
+    auto it = a.find(p);
+    FAISS_ASSERT(it != a.end());
+
+    auto& req = it->second;
+
+    if (allocLogging_) { std::cout << "RmmGpuResources: dealloc " << req.toString() << "\n"; }
+
+    if (req.space == MemorySpace::Temporary) {
+      std::cout << "dealloc Temporary" << std::endl;
+      tempMemory_[device]->deallocMemory(device, req.stream, req.size, p);
+    } else if (req.space == MemorySpace::Device) {
+      std::cout << "dealloc Device" << std::endl;
+      cmr->deallocate(p, req.size, req.stream);
+    } else if (req.space == MemorySpace::Unified) {
+      std::cout << "dealloc Unified" << std::endl;
+      mmr->deallocate(p, req.size, req.stream);
+    } else {
+      FAISS_ASSERT_FMT(false, "unknown MemorySpace %d", (int)req.space);
+    }
+
+    a.erase(it);
+  };
+
+  size_t getTempMemoryAvailable(int device) const
+  {
+    FAISS_ASSERT(isInitialized(device));
+
+    auto it = tempMemory_.find(device);
+    FAISS_ASSERT(it != tempMemory_.end());
+
+    return it->second->getSizeAvailable();
+  };
+
+  /// Export a description of memory used for Python
+  std::map<int, std::map<std::string, std::pair<int, size_t>>> getMemoryInfo() const
+  {
+    using AT = std::map<std::string, std::pair<int, size_t>>;
+
+    std::map<int, AT> out;
+
+    for (auto& entry : allocs_) {
+      AT outDevice;
+
+      for (auto& a : entry.second) {
+        auto& v = outDevice[allocTypeToString(a.second.type)];
+        v.first++;
+        v.second += a.second.size;
+      }
+
+      out[entry.first] = std::move(outDevice);
+    }
+
+    return out;
+  };
+
+  std::pair<void*, size_t> getPinnedMemory()
+  {
+    return std::make_pair(pinnedMemAlloc_, pinnedMemAllocSize_);
+  };
+
+  cudaStream_t getAsyncCopyStream(int device)
+  {
+    initializeForDevice(device);
+    return asyncCopyStreams_[device];
+  };
+
+ private:
+  /// Have GPU resources been initialized for this device yet?
+  bool isInitialized(int device) const
+  {
+    // Use default streams as a marker for whether or not a certain
+    // device has been initialized
+    return defaultStreams_.count(device) != 0;
+  };
+
+  /// Adjust the default temporary memory allocation based on the total GPU
+  /// memory size
+  static size_t getDefaultTempMemForGPU(int device, size_t requested)
+  {
+    auto totalMem = device != -1 ? getDeviceProperties(device).totalGlobalMem
+                                 : std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max();
+
+    if (totalMem <= (size_t)4 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024) {
+      // If the GPU has <= 4 GiB of memory, reserve 512 MiB
+
+      if (requested > k4GiBTempMem) { return k4GiBTempMem; }
+    } else if (totalMem <= (size_t)8 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024) {
+      // If the GPU has <= 8 GiB of memory, reserve 1 GiB
+
+      if (requested > k8GiBTempMem) { return k8GiBTempMem; }
+    } else {
+      // Never use more than 1.5 GiB
+      if (requested > kMaxTempMem) { return kMaxTempMem; }
+    }
+
+    // use whatever lower limit the user requested
+    return requested;
+  };
+
+ private:
+  /// Set of currently outstanding memory allocations per device
+  /// device -> (alloc request, allocated ptr)
+  std::unordered_map<int, std::unordered_map<void*, AllocRequest>> allocs_;
+
+  /// Temporary memory provider, per each device
+  std::unordered_map<int, std::unique_ptr<StackDeviceMemory>> tempMemory_;
+
+  /// Our default stream that work is ordered on, one per each device
+  std::unordered_map<int, cudaStream_t> defaultStreams_;
+
+  /// This contains particular streams as set by the user for
+  /// ordering, if any
+  std::unordered_map<int, cudaStream_t> userDefaultStreams_;
+
+  /// Other streams we can use, per each device
+  std::unordered_map<int, std::vector<cudaStream_t>> alternateStreams_;
+
+  /// Async copy stream to use for GPU <-> CPU pinned memory copies
+  std::unordered_map<int, cudaStream_t> asyncCopyStreams_;
+
+  /// cuBLAS handle for each device
+  std::unordered_map<int, cublasHandle_t> blasHandles_;
+
+  /// Pinned memory allocation for use with this GPU
+  void* pinnedMemAlloc_;
+  size_t pinnedMemAllocSize_;
+
+  /// Another option is to use a specified amount of memory on all
+  /// devices
+  size_t tempMemSize_;
+
+  /// Amount of pinned memory we should allocate
+  size_t pinnedMemSize_;
+
+  /// Whether or not we log every GPU memory allocation and deallocation
+  bool allocLogging_;
+
+  // cuda_memory_resource
+  std::unique_ptr<rmm::mr::device_memory_resource> cmr;
+
+  // managed_memory_resource
+  std::unique_ptr<rmm::mr::device_memory_resource> mmr;
+
+  // pinned_memory_resource
+  std::unique_ptr<rmm::mr::host_memory_resource> pmr;
+};
+
+/// Default implementation of GpuResources that allocates a cuBLAS
+/// stream and 2 streams for use, as well as temporary memory.
+/// Internally, the Faiss GPU code uses the instance managed by getResources,
+/// but this is the user-facing object that is internally reference counted.
+class RmmGpuResources : public GpuResourcesProvider {
+ public:
+  RmmGpuResources() : res_(new RmmGpuResourcesImpl){};
+
+  ~RmmGpuResources(){};
+
+  std::shared_ptr<GpuResources> getResources() { return res_; };
+
+  /// Disable allocation of temporary memory; all temporary memory
+  /// requests will call cudaMalloc / cudaFree at the point of use
+  void noTempMemory() { res_->noTempMemory(); };
+
+  /// Specify that we wish to use a certain fixed size of memory on
+  /// all devices as temporary memory. This is the upper bound for the GPU
+  /// memory that we will reserve. We will never go above 1.5 GiB on any GPU;
+  /// smaller GPUs (with <= 4 GiB or <= 8 GiB) will use less memory than that.
+  /// To avoid any temporary memory allocation, pass 0.
+  void setTempMemory(size_t size) { res_->setTempMemory(size); };
+
+  /// Set amount of pinned memory to allocate, for async GPU <-> CPU
+  /// transfers
+  void setPinnedMemory(size_t size) { res_->setPinnedMemory(size); };
+
+  /// Called to change the stream for work ordering. We do not own `stream`;
+  /// i.e., it will not be destroyed when the GpuResources object gets cleaned
+  /// up.
+  /// We are guaranteed that all Faiss GPU work is ordered with respect to
+  /// this stream upon exit from an index or other Faiss GPU call.
+  void setDefaultStream(int device, cudaStream_t stream)
+  {
+    res_->setDefaultStream(device, stream);
+  };
+
+  /// Revert the default stream to the original stream managed by this resources
+  /// object, in case someone called `setDefaultStream`.
+  void revertDefaultStream(int device) { res_->revertDefaultStream(device); };
+
+  /// Called to change the work ordering streams to the null stream
+  /// for all devices
+  void setDefaultNullStreamAllDevices() { res_->setDefaultNullStreamAllDevices(); };
+
+  /// Export a description of memory used for Python
+  std::map<int, std::map<std::string, std::pair<int, size_t>>> getMemoryInfo() const
+  {
+    return res_->getMemoryInfo();
+  };
+
+  /// Returns the current default stream
+  cudaStream_t getDefaultStream(int device) { return res_->getDefaultStream(device); };
+
+  /// Returns the current amount of temp memory available
+  size_t getTempMemoryAvailable(int device) const { return res_->getTempMemoryAvailable(device); };
+
+  /// Synchronize our default stream with the CPU
+  void syncDefaultStreamCurrentDevice() { res_->syncDefaultStreamCurrentDevice(); };
+
+  /// If enabled, will print every GPU memory allocation and deallocation to
+  /// standard output
+  void setLogMemoryAllocations(bool enable) { res_->setLogMemoryAllocations(enable); };
+
+ private:
+  std::shared_ptr<RmmGpuResourcesImpl> res_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace knn
+}  // namespace spatial
+}  // namespace raft
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
index b37c671525..fc9f5a7148 100644
--- a/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ add_executable(test_raft
     test/spatial/fused_l2_knn.cu
     test/spatial/haversine.cu
     test/spatial/ball_cover.cu
+    test/spatial/faiss_mr.cu
     test/spatial/selection.cu
     test/spectral_matrix.cu
     test/stats/mean.cu
diff --git a/cpp/test/spatial/faiss_mr.cu b/cpp/test/spatial/faiss_mr.cu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a626824621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/test/spatial/faiss_mr.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "../test_utils.h"
+
+#include <faiss/gpu/GpuResources.h>
+#include <raft/linalg/distance_type.h>
+#include <raft/spatial/knn/knn.hpp>
+
+#include <rmm/device_buffer.hpp>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace raft {
+namespace spatial {
+namespace knn {
+
+using namespace faiss::gpu;
+
+struct AllocInputs {
+  size_t size;
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+class FAISS_MR_Test : public ::testing::TestWithParam<AllocInputs> {
+ public:
+  FAISS_MR_Test()
+    : params_(::testing::TestWithParam<AllocInputs>::GetParam()), stream(handle.get_stream())
+  {
+  }
+
+ protected:
+  size_t getFreeMemory(MemorySpace mem_space)
+  {
+    if (mem_space == MemorySpace::Device) {
+      rmm::mr::cuda_memory_resource cmr;
+      rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* dmr = &cmr;
+      return dmr->get_mem_info(stream).first;
+    } else if (mem_space == MemorySpace::Unified) {
+      rmm::mr::managed_memory_resource mmr;
+      rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* dmr = &mmr;
+      return dmr->get_mem_info(stream).first;
+    }
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  void testAllocs(MemorySpace mem_space)
+  {
+    raft::spatial::knn::RmmGpuResources faiss_mr;
+    auto faiss_mr_impl = faiss_mr.getResources();
+    size_t free_before = getFreeMemory(mem_space);
+    AllocRequest req(AllocType::Other, 0, mem_space, stream, params_.size);
+    void* ptr               = faiss_mr_impl->allocMemory(req);
+    size_t free_after_alloc = getFreeMemory(mem_space);
+    faiss_mr_impl->deallocMemory(0, ptr);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(free_after_alloc <= free_before - params_.size);
+  }
+
+  raft::handle_t handle;
+  cudaStream_t stream;
+  AllocInputs params_;
+};
+
+const std::vector<AllocInputs> inputs = {{19687}};
+
+typedef FAISS_MR_Test<float> FAISS_MR_TestF;
+TEST_P(FAISS_MR_TestF, TestAllocs)
+{
+  testAllocs(MemorySpace::Device);
+  testAllocs(MemorySpace::Unified);
+}
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(FAISS_MR_Test, FAISS_MR_TestF, ::testing::ValuesIn(inputs));
+
+}  // namespace knn
+}  // namespace spatial
+}  // namespace raft