diff --git a/profiler/profiler.go b/profiler/profiler.go
index fdcfc2dd60f..54f2a98669d 100644
--- a/profiler/profiler.go
+++ b/profiler/profiler.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 package profiler
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"runtime/pprof"
+	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ var (
 	dialGRPC         = gtransport.DialPool
 	onGCE            = gcemd.OnGCE
 	serviceRegexp    = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-z]([-a-z0-9_.]{0,253}[a-z0-9])?$`)
+	mutexHeap        sync.Mutex
 
 	// For testing only.
 	// When the profiling loop has exited without error and this channel is
@@ -99,6 +102,9 @@ const (
 	maxBackoff        = time.Hour
 	backoffMultiplier = 1.3 // Backoff envelope increases by this factor on each retry.
 	retryInfoMetadata = "google.rpc.retryinfo-bin"
+	memLimitFile      = "/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.limit_in_bytes"
+	memUsedFile       = "/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.usage_in_bytes"
+	eventLabel        = "event"
 )
 
 // Config is the profiler configuration.
@@ -183,6 +189,19 @@ type Config struct {
 	// the profile collection loop exits.When numProfiles is 0, profiles will
 	// be collected for the duration of the program. For testing only.
 	numProfiles int
+
+	// When true, the agent collects a heap profile when memory usage hits a
+	// thresholds specified in OOMProfileThreshold. Used only when
+	// running in containers.
+	OOMProfile bool
+
+	// OOMProfileThreshold sets thresholds for memory utilization, above which
+	// a heap profile is collected. Used only when running in containers.
+	OOMProfileThreshold float32
+
+	// OOMCheckInterval is the time interval between two consecutive memory
+	// utilization checks.
+	OOMCheckInterval time.Duration
 }
 
 // allowUntilSuccess is an object that will perform action till
@@ -256,6 +275,7 @@ func start(cfg Config, options ...option.ClientOption) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	go pollProfilerService(withXGoogHeader(ctx), a)
+	go pollMemoryUtilization(ctx, a)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -380,6 +400,8 @@ func (a *agent) profileAndUpload(ctx context.Context, p *pb.Profile) {
 		sleep(ctx, duration)
 		stopCPUProfile()
 	case pb.ProfileType_HEAP:
+		mutexHeap.Lock()
+		defer mutexHeap.Unlock()
 		if err := heapProfile(&prof); err != nil {
 			debugLog("failed to write heap profile: %v", err)
 			return
@@ -594,6 +616,11 @@ func initializeConfig(cfg Config) error {
 	if config.APIAddr == "" {
 		config.APIAddr = apiAddress
 	}
+
+	if config.OOMProfileThreshold == 0 {
+		config.OOMProfileThreshold = 0.98
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -612,3 +639,95 @@ func pollProfilerService(ctx context.Context, a *agent) {
 		profilingDone <- true
 	}
 }
+
+func readValueFromFile(ctx context.Context, file string) (int64, error) {
+	fh, err := os.Open(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to read file: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer fh.Close()
+
+	fscanner := bufio.NewScanner(fh)
+
+	var value int64
+	for fscanner.Scan() {
+		value, err = strconv.ParseInt(fscanner.Text(), 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to read number from file: %v", err)
+		}
+		break
+	}
+	return value, nil
+}
+
+func calculateMemoryUtilization(ctx context.Context) (float32, error) {
+	memLimitBytes, err := readValueFromFile(ctx, memLimitFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to read value from file: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	memUsedBytes, err := readValueFromFile(ctx, memUsedFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to read value from file: %v", err)
+	}
+	return float32(float64(memUsedBytes) / float64(memLimitBytes)), nil
+}
+
+// pollMemoryUtilization periodically calculates memory utilization. When the
+// utilization crosses OOMProfileThreshold, a heap profile is collected and
+// uploaded.
+func pollMemoryUtilization(ctx context.Context, a *agent) {
+	// Check HEAP profile is not disabled.
+	heapEnabled := false
+	for _, enabled := range a.profileTypes {
+		if enabled == pb.ProfileType_HEAP {
+			heapEnabled = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if !heapEnabled {
+		debugLog("HEAP profile collection is disabled. OOM profile collection will be disabled")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Start ticker
+	tick := time.NewTicker(config.OOMCheckInterval)
+	var (
+		utilization float32
+		err         error
+		prof        bytes.Buffer
+	)
+	for range tick.C {
+		utilization, err = calculateMemoryUtilization(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			debugLog("failed to calculate memory utilization: %v", err)
+		}
+		if utilization >= config.OOMProfileThreshold {
+			mutexHeap.Lock()
+			if err := heapProfile(&prof); err != nil {
+				debugLog("failed to write OOM heap profile: %v", err)
+			}
+			mutexHeap.Unlock()
+			req := pb.CreateOfflineProfileRequest{
+				Parent: "projects/" + a.deployment.ProjectId,
+				Profile: &pb.Profile{
+					ProfileType: pb.ProfileType_HEAP,
+					Deployment: &pb.Deployment{
+						ProjectId: a.deployment.ProjectId,
+						Target:    a.deployment.Target + "-event",
+						Labels:    a.deployment.Labels,
+					},
+					ProfileBytes: prof.Bytes(),
+					Labels: map[string]string{
+						eventLabel: "oom",
+					},
+				},
+			}
+			p, err := a.client.CreateOfflineProfile(ctx, &req)
+			if err != nil {
+				debugLog("failed to upload event profile: %v", err)
+			}
+			debugLog("uploaded event profile: %s", p.Name)
+		}
+	}
+}