diff --git a/src/bin/ch-remote.rs b/src/bin/ch-remote.rs
index 1cd79a6f4..e8e482bf9 100644
--- a/src/bin/ch-remote.rs
+++ b/src/bin/ch-remote.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ enum Error {
     ServerResponse(StatusCode, Option<String>),
     InvalidCPUCount(std::num::ParseIntError),
     InvalidMemorySize(std::num::ParseIntError),
+    InvalidBalloonSize(std::num::ParseIntError),
     AddDeviceConfig(vmm::config::Error),
     AddDiskConfig(vmm::config::Error),
     AddFsConfig(vmm::config::Error),
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
             }
             InvalidCPUCount(e) => write!(f, "Error parsing CPU count: {}", e),
             InvalidMemorySize(e) => write!(f, "Error parsing memory size: {}", e),
+            InvalidBalloonSize(e) => write!(f, "Error parsing balloon size: {}", e),
             AddDeviceConfig(e) => write!(f, "Error parsing device syntax: {}", e),
             AddDiskConfig(e) => write!(f, "Error parsing disk syntax: {}", e),
             AddFsConfig(e) => write!(f, "Error parsing filesystem syntax: {}", e),
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ fn resize_api_command(
     socket: &mut UnixStream,
     cpus: Option<&str>,
     memory: Option<&str>,
+    balloon: Option<&str>,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let desired_vcpus: Option<u8> = if let Some(cpus) = cpus {
         Some(cpus.parse().map_err(Error::InvalidCPUCount)?)
@@ -217,9 +220,16 @@ fn resize_api_command(
         None
     };
 
+    let desired_ram_w_balloon: Option<u64> = if let Some(balloon) = balloon {
+        Some(balloon.parse().map_err(Error::InvalidBalloonSize)?)
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+
     let resize = vmm::api::VmResizeData {
         desired_vcpus,
         desired_ram,
+        desired_ram_w_balloon,
     };
 
     simple_api_command(
@@ -348,6 +358,10 @@ fn do_command(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), Error> {
                 .subcommand_matches("resize")
                 .unwrap()
                 .value_of("memory"),
+            matches
+                .subcommand_matches("resize")
+                .unwrap()
+                .value_of("balloon"),
         ),
         Some("add-device") => add_device_api_command(
             &mut socket,
@@ -518,6 +532,13 @@ fn main() {
                         .help("New memory size (in MiB)")
                         .takes_value(true)
                         .number_of_values(1),
+                )
+                .arg(
+                    Arg::with_name("balloon")
+                        .long("balloon")
+                        .help("New memory with balloon size")
+                        .takes_value(true)
+                        .number_of_values(1),
                 ),
         )
         .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("resume").about("Resume the VM"))
diff --git a/vmm/src/api/mod.rs b/vmm/src/api/mod.rs
index f49bdf52b..84560d891 100644
--- a/vmm/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ pub struct VmmPingResponse {
 pub struct VmResizeData {
     pub desired_vcpus: Option<u8>,
     pub desired_ram: Option<u64>,
+    pub desired_ram_w_balloon: Option<u64>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, Default)]
diff --git a/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml b/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml
index f92037224..18fc98094 100644
--- a/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml
+++ b/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml
@@ -680,6 +680,10 @@ components:
           description: desired memory ram in bytes
           type: integer
           format: int64
+        desired_ram_w_balloon:
+          description: desired ballon size in bytes
+          type: integer
+          format: int64
 
     VmAddDevice:
       type: object
diff --git a/vmm/src/lib.rs b/vmm/src/lib.rs
index 53e6c1474..1dfdf300c 100644
--- a/vmm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/lib.rs
@@ -490,9 +490,10 @@ impl Vmm {
         &mut self,
         desired_vcpus: Option<u8>,
         desired_ram: Option<u64>,
+        desired_ram_w_balloon: Option<u64>,
     ) -> result::Result<(), VmError> {
         if let Some(ref mut vm) = self.vm {
-            if let Err(e) = vm.resize(desired_vcpus, desired_ram) {
+            if let Err(e) = vm.resize(desired_vcpus, desired_ram, desired_ram_w_balloon) {
                 error!("Error when resizing VM: {:?}", e);
                 Err(e)
             } else {
@@ -766,6 +767,7 @@ impl Vmm {
                                         .vm_resize(
                                             resize_data.desired_vcpus,
                                             resize_data.desired_ram,
+                                            resize_data.desired_ram_w_balloon,
                                         )
                                         .map_err(ApiError::VmResize)
                                         .map(|_| ApiResponsePayload::Empty);
diff --git a/vmm/src/vm.rs b/vmm/src/vm.rs
index 5a55288e9..397ba6e1a 100644
--- a/vmm/src/vm.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/vm.rs
@@ -680,7 +680,12 @@ impl Vm {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn resize(&mut self, desired_vcpus: Option<u8>, desired_memory: Option<u64>) -> Result<()> {
+    pub fn resize(
+        &mut self,
+        desired_vcpus: Option<u8>,
+        desired_memory: Option<u64>,
+        desired_ram_w_balloon: Option<u64>,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
         if let Some(desired_vcpus) = desired_vcpus {
             if self
                 .cpu_manager
@@ -731,6 +736,15 @@ impl Vm {
             // it will be running with the last configure memory size.
             self.config.lock().unwrap().memory.size = desired_memory;
         }
+
+        if let Some(desired_ram_w_balloon) = desired_ram_w_balloon {
+            self.memory_manager
+                .lock()
+                .unwrap()
+                .balloon_resize(desired_ram_w_balloon)
+                .map_err(Error::MemoryManager)?;
+        }
+
         Ok(())
     }