diff --git a/lib/OperatingSystems/Linux.php b/lib/OperatingSystems/Linux.php
index d1a3c35b..f0dd1222 100644
--- a/lib/OperatingSystems/Linux.php
+++ b/lib/OperatingSystems/Linux.php
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ class Linux implements IOperatingSystem {
 	private const AF_INET = 2;
 	private const AF_INET6 = 10;
 
+	/** Mount point of both the cgroup v2 unified hierarchy and the v1 controllers. */
+	private const CGROUP_ROOT = '/sys/fs/cgroup';
+
 	#[\Override]
 	public function supported(): bool {
 		return true;
@@ -94,9 +97,148 @@ public function getMemory(): Memory {
 			}
 		}
 
+		$this->applyCgroupMemory($data);
+
 		return $data;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * A container still sees the host's /proc/meminfo, so a memory limited
+	 * cgroup would be reported as if the whole machine were available to
+	 * Nextcloud. Where a cgroup limits us further, report that instead.
+	 *
+	 * Tries the cgroup v2 unified hierarchy first and falls back to v1.
+	 */
+	private function applyCgroupMemory(Memory $data): void {
+		if ($this->applyCgroupV2Memory($data)) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$this->applyCgroupV1Memory($data);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return bool whether a limit was found and applied
+	 */
+	private function applyCgroupV2Memory(Memory $data): bool {
+		$limit = $this->readCgroupBytes(self::CGROUP_ROOT . '/memory.max');
+		if ($limit === null || !$this->isConstrainingLimit($limit, $data->getMemTotal())) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$current = $this->readCgroupBytes(self::CGROUP_ROOT . '/memory.current');
+		if ($current === null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$cache = $this->readCgroupStat(self::CGROUP_ROOT . '/memory.stat', 'inactive_file') ?? 0;
+		$this->setCgroupMemory($data, $limit, $current, $cache);
+
+		$swapLimit = $this->readCgroupBytes(self::CGROUP_ROOT . '/memory.swap.max');
+		$swapCurrent = $this->readCgroupBytes(self::CGROUP_ROOT . '/memory.swap.current');
+		if ($swapLimit !== null && $swapCurrent !== null) {
+			$data->setSwapTotal($this->bytesToMebibytes($swapLimit));
+			$data->setSwapFree($this->bytesToMebibytes(max(0, $swapLimit - $swapCurrent)));
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	private function applyCgroupV1Memory(Memory $data): void {
+		$root = self::CGROUP_ROOT . '/memory';
+
+		$limit = $this->readCgroupBytes($root . '/memory.limit_in_bytes');
+		if ($limit === null || !$this->isConstrainingLimit($limit, $data->getMemTotal())) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$current = $this->readCgroupBytes($root . '/memory.usage_in_bytes');
+		if ($current === null) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$cache = $this->readCgroupStat($root . '/memory.stat', 'total_inactive_file') ?? 0;
+		$this->setCgroupMemory($data, $limit, $current, $cache);
+
+		// memsw accounts memory and swap together, so the swap share is whatever
+		// is left once the memory limit is taken off.
+		$memswLimit = $this->readCgroupBytes($root . '/memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes');
+		$memswUsage = $this->readCgroupBytes($root . '/memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes');
+		if ($memswLimit !== null && $memswUsage !== null && $memswLimit > $limit) {
+			$swapTotal = $memswLimit - $limit;
+			$swapUsed = max(0, $memswUsage - $current);
+			$data->setSwapTotal($this->bytesToMebibytes($swapTotal));
+			$data->setSwapFree($this->bytesToMebibytes(max(0, $swapTotal - $swapUsed)));
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Page cache is reclaimable, so it counts towards available memory the same
+	 * way MemAvailable accounts for it in /proc/meminfo, while MemFree does not.
+	 */
+	private function setCgroupMemory(Memory $data, int $limit, int $current, int $cache): void {
+		$used = max(0, $current - $cache);
+
+		$data->setMemTotal($this->bytesToMebibytes($limit));
+		$data->setMemFree($this->bytesToMebibytes(max(0, $limit - $current)));
+		$data->setMemAvailable($this->bytesToMebibytes(max(0, $limit - $used)));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * A cgroup without a memory limit reports "max" on v2 and a value near
+	 * PHP_INT_MAX on v1. Either way a limit that is not below the host's memory
+	 * adds nothing to what /proc/meminfo has already told us.
+	 */
+	private function isConstrainingLimit(int $limitBytes, int $hostTotal): bool {
+		if ($hostTotal <= 0) {
+			// The host total is unknown, so the cgroup is the better source.
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		return $limitBytes < $hostTotal * 1024 * 1024;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Read a cgroup file holding a single byte count.
+	 *
+	 * @return int|null null when the file is missing or holds no plain number,
+	 *                  which is how cgroup v2 spells "no limit" ("max").
+	 */
+	private function readCgroupBytes(string $filename): ?int {
+		try {
+			$value = $this->readContent($filename);
+		} catch (RuntimeException) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		if (preg_match('/^\d+$/', $value) !== 1) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		return (int)$value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Read a single counter out of a cgroup memory.stat file.
+	 */
+	private function readCgroupStat(string $filename, string $key): ?int {
+		try {
+			$stat = $this->readContent($filename);
+		} catch (RuntimeException) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		if (preg_match('/^' . preg_quote($key, '/') . ' (\d+)$/m', $stat, $matches) !== 1) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		return (int)$matches[1];
+	}
+
+	private function bytesToMebibytes(int $bytes): int {
+		return intdiv($bytes, 1024 * 1024);
+	}
+
 	#[\Override]
 	public function getTime(): string {
 		try {
diff --git a/tests/data/linux_cgroup_v1_memory_stat b/tests/data/linux_cgroup_v1_memory_stat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6cdc9848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/linux_cgroup_v1_memory_stat
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+cache 536870912
+rss 1073741824
+rss_huge 0
+shmem 0
+mapped_file 134217728
+dirty 1048576
+writeback 0
+swap 268435456
+pgpgin 12345678
+pgpgout 12340000
+inactive_anon 0
+active_anon 1073741824
+inactive_file 402653184
+active_file 134217728
+unevictable 0
+hierarchical_memory_limit 2147483648
+hierarchical_memsw_limit 2684354560
+total_cache 536870912
+total_rss 1073741824
+total_swap 268435456
+total_inactive_anon 0
+total_active_anon 1073741824
+total_inactive_file 402653184
+total_active_file 134217728
diff --git a/tests/data/linux_cgroup_v2_memory_stat b/tests/data/linux_cgroup_v2_memory_stat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc78a797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/linux_cgroup_v2_memory_stat
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+anon 1073741824
+file 536870912
+kernel 67108864
+kernel_stack 2097152
+pagetables 8388608
+percpu 0
+sock 0
+shmem 0
+file_mapped 134217728
+file_dirty 1048576
+file_writeback 0
+swapcached 0
+anon_thp 0
+inactive_anon 1069547520
+active_anon 4194304
+inactive_file 402653184
+active_file 134217728
+unevictable 0
+slab_reclaimable 33554432
+slab_unreclaimable 16777216
diff --git a/tests/lib/LinuxTest.php b/tests/lib/LinuxTest.php
index acfe1e5a..ec765c40 100644
--- a/tests/lib/LinuxTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/LinuxTest.php
@@ -33,10 +33,30 @@ protected function setUp(): void {
 			->getMock();
 	}
 
-	public function testGetMemory(): void {
+	/**
+	 * Serve the given files through readContent, and behave like a host where
+	 * every other path is missing, which is what readContent does for a file
+	 * that does not exist.
+	 *
+	 * @param array<string, string> $files
+	 */
+	private function mockFiles(array $files): void {
 		$this->os->method('readContent')
-			->with('/proc/meminfo')
-			->willReturn(file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../data/linux_meminfo'));
+			->willReturnCallback(static function (string $filename) use ($files): string {
+				if (!isset($files[$filename])) {
+					throw new RuntimeException('Unable to read: "' . $filename . '"');
+				}
+
+				return $files[$filename];
+			});
+	}
+
+	private function fixture(string $name): string {
+		return (string)file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../data/' . $name);
+	}
+
+	public function testGetMemory(): void {
+		$this->mockFiles(['/proc/meminfo' => $this->fixture('linux_meminfo')]);
 
 		$memory = $this->os->getMemory();
 
@@ -63,6 +83,101 @@ public function testGetMemoryInvalidData(): void {
 		$this->assertEquals(new Memory(), $this->os->getMemory());
 	}
 
+	public function testGetMemoryWithCgroupV2Limit(): void {
+		$this->mockFiles([
+			'/proc/meminfo' => $this->fixture('linux_meminfo'),
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.max' => '2147483648',
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.current' => '1610612736',
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.stat' => $this->fixture('linux_cgroup_v2_memory_stat'),
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.swap.max' => '1073741824',
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.swap.current' => '268435456',
+		]);
+
+		$memory = $this->os->getMemory();
+
+		// Limited to 2 GiB, so the host's 15947 MB must not show up anywhere.
+		$this->assertEquals(2048, $memory->getMemTotal());
+		$this->assertEquals(512, $memory->getMemFree());
+		// 384 MB of the 1536 MB in use is reclaimable page cache.
+		$this->assertEquals(896, $memory->getMemAvailable());
+		$this->assertEquals(1024, $memory->getSwapTotal());
+		$this->assertEquals(768, $memory->getSwapFree());
+	}
+
+	public function testGetMemoryWithCgroupV2Unlimited(): void {
+		$this->mockFiles([
+			'/proc/meminfo' => $this->fixture('linux_meminfo'),
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.max' => 'max',
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.current' => '1610612736',
+		]);
+
+		$memory = $this->os->getMemory();
+
+		$this->assertEquals(15947, $memory->getMemTotal());
+		$this->assertEquals(7495, $memory->getMemAvailable());
+	}
+
+	public function testGetMemoryWithCgroupV1Limit(): void {
+		$this->mockFiles([
+			'/proc/meminfo' => $this->fixture('linux_meminfo'),
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.limit_in_bytes' => '2147483648',
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.usage_in_bytes' => '1610612736',
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.stat' => $this->fixture('linux_cgroup_v1_memory_stat'),
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes' => '2684354560',
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.memsw.usage_in_bytes' => '1879048192',
+		]);
+
+		$memory = $this->os->getMemory();
+
+		$this->assertEquals(2048, $memory->getMemTotal());
+		$this->assertEquals(512, $memory->getMemFree());
+		$this->assertEquals(896, $memory->getMemAvailable());
+		// memsw covers memory and swap together, leaving 512 MB of swap.
+		$this->assertEquals(512, $memory->getSwapTotal());
+		$this->assertEquals(256, $memory->getSwapFree());
+	}
+
+	public function testGetMemoryWithCgroupV1Unlimited(): void {
+		$this->mockFiles([
+			'/proc/meminfo' => $this->fixture('linux_meminfo'),
+			// What the kernel reports for "no limit" on cgroup v1.
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.limit_in_bytes' => '9223372036854771712',
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.usage_in_bytes' => '1610612736',
+		]);
+
+		$memory = $this->os->getMemory();
+
+		$this->assertEquals(15947, $memory->getMemTotal());
+		$this->assertEquals(7495, $memory->getMemAvailable());
+	}
+
+	public function testGetMemoryIgnoresLimitAboveHostMemory(): void {
+		$this->mockFiles([
+			'/proc/meminfo' => $this->fixture('linux_meminfo'),
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.max' => '34359738368',
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.current' => '1610612736',
+		]);
+
+		$memory = $this->os->getMemory();
+
+		$this->assertEquals(15947, $memory->getMemTotal());
+	}
+
+	public function testGetMemoryWithCgroupLimitButNoStat(): void {
+		$this->mockFiles([
+			'/proc/meminfo' => $this->fixture('linux_meminfo'),
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.max' => '2147483648',
+			'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.current' => '1610612736',
+		]);
+
+		$memory = $this->os->getMemory();
+
+		// Without memory.stat no cache can be discounted, so available equals free.
+		$this->assertEquals(2048, $memory->getMemTotal());
+		$this->assertEquals(512, $memory->getMemFree());
+		$this->assertEquals(512, $memory->getMemAvailable());
+	}
+
 	public function testGetCpu(): void {
 		$this->os->method('readContent')
 			->with('/proc/cpuinfo')