diff --git a/globals.cpp b/globals.cpp
index a75100201f..f7ac58e59c 100644
--- a/globals.cpp
+++ b/globals.cpp
@@ -47,5 +47,7 @@ int zfb_support;
 int vendor_packet_support;
 /* enable vendor packet in hsa-runtime*/
 int enable_vendor_packet;
+/* check available system memory before allocation */
+bool check_avail_sysram = false;
 
 size_t max_single_alloc_size = 0;
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diff --git a/libhsakmt.h b/libhsakmt.h
index fb8e8b0a37..61e49d0105 100644
--- a/libhsakmt.h
+++ b/libhsakmt.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ extern bool is_svm_api_supported;
 extern int zfb_support;
 extern int vendor_packet_support;
 extern int enable_vendor_packet;
+extern bool check_avail_sysram;
 extern size_t max_single_alloc_size;
 
 #undef HSAKMTAPI
diff --git a/memory.cpp b/memory.cpp
index 8c47bfb282..260d0b0a30 100644
--- a/memory.cpp
+++ b/memory.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ HSAKMT_STATUS HSAKMTAPI hsaKmtAllocMemory(HSAuint32 PreferredNode,
 
 #define POWER_OF_2(x) ((x && (!(x & (x - 1)))) ? 1 : 0)
 
+bool isSystemMemoryAvailable(HSAuint64 SizeInBytes) {
+  struct sysinfo info;
+  if (sysinfo(&info) != 0)
+    return false;
+  return SizeInBytes <= info.freeram;
+}
+
 HSAKMT_STATUS HSAKMTAPI hsaKmtAllocMemoryAlign(HSAuint32 PreferredNode,
                                                HSAuint64 SizeInBytes,
                                                HSAuint64 Alignment,
@@ -140,6 +147,9 @@ HSAKMT_STATUS HSAKMTAPI hsaKmtAllocMemoryAlign(HSAuint32 PreferredNode,
     if (SizeInBytes > max_single_alloc_size)
       return HSAKMT_STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
 
+    if (check_avail_sysram && !isSystemMemoryAvailable(SizeInBytes))
+      return HSAKMT_STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
+
     /* If allocate VRAM under ZFB mode */
     if (zfb_support && MemFlags.ui32.NonPaged == 1)
       MemFlags.ui32.CoarseGrain = 1;
diff --git a/openclose.cpp b/openclose.cpp
index 2aa917f97b..11181e10ac 100644
--- a/openclose.cpp
+++ b/openclose.cpp
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ static HSAKMT_STATUS init_vars_from_env(void) {
   if (envvar)
     enable_vendor_packet = atoi(envvar);
 
+  /* Decide whether to check available system memory before allocation */
+  envvar = getenv("WSL_CHECK_AVAIL_SYSRAM");
+  if (envvar)
+    check_avail_sysram = !strcmp(envvar, "1");
+
   return HSAKMT_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }