diff --git a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/pmon.service b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/pmon.service
index 44337bc0..1e9c9988 100644
--- a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/pmon.service
+++ b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/pmon.service
@@ -21,5 +21,10 @@ TimeoutStopSec=10s
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=2
 
+# cgroup engineering
+CPUShares=150
+CPUQuota=15%
+CPUQuotaPeriodSec=10ms
+
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target