diff --git a/config/config-defaults.yaml b/config/config-defaults.yaml
index 0526a4a967b..a254c510cc2 100644
--- a/config/config-defaults.yaml
+++ b/config/config-defaults.yaml
@@ -86,3 +86,56 @@ data:
     # default-resolver-type contains the default resolver type to be used in the cluster,
     # no default-resolver-type is specified by default
     default-resolver-type:
+
+    # default-container-resource-requirements allow users to update default resource requirements
+    # to a init-containers and containers of a pods create by the controller
+    # Onet: All the resource requirements are applied to init-containers and containers
+    # only if the existing resource requirements are empty.
+    # default-container-resource-requirements: |
+    #   place-scripts: # updates resource requirements of a 'place-scripts' container
+    #     requests:
+    #       memory: "64Mi"
+    #       cpu: "250m"
+    #     limits:
+    #       memory: "128Mi"
+    #       cpu: "500m"
+    # 
+    #   prepare: # updates resource requirements of a 'prepare' container
+    #     requests:
+    #       memory: "64Mi"
+    #       cpu: "250m"
+    #     limits:
+    #       memory: "256Mi"
+    #       cpu: "500m"
+    # 
+    #   working-dir-initializer: # updates resource requirements of a 'working-dir-initializer' container
+    #     requests:
+    #       memory: "64Mi"
+    #       cpu: "250m"
+    #     limits:
+    #       memory: "512Mi"
+    #       cpu: "500m"
+    # 
+    #   prefix-scripts: # updates resource requirements of containers which starts with 'scripts-'
+    #     requests:
+    #       memory: "64Mi"
+    #       cpu: "250m"
+    #     limits:
+    #       memory: "128Mi"
+    #       cpu: "500m"
+    # 
+    #   prefix-sidecar-scripts: # updates resource requirements of containers which starts with 'sidecar-scripts-'
+    #     requests:
+    #       memory: "64Mi"
+    #       cpu: "250m"
+    #     limits:
+    #       memory: "128Mi"
+    #       cpu: "500m"
+    # 
+    #   default: # updates resource requirements of init-containers and containers which has empty resource resource requirements
+    #     requests:
+    #       memory: "64Mi"
+    #       cpu: "250m"
+    #     limits:
+    #       memory: "256Mi"
+    #       cpu: "500m"
diff --git a/docs/additional-configs.md b/docs/additional-configs.md
index b568a76d9e1..31768bde0ea 100644
--- a/docs/additional-configs.md
+++ b/docs/additional-configs.md
@@ -163,6 +163,69 @@ spec:
 _In the above example the environment variable `TEST_TEKTON` will not be overriden by value specified in podTemplate, because the `config-default` option `default-forbidden-env` is configured with value `TEST_TEKTON`._
 
 
+## Configuring default resources requirements
+
+Resource requirements of containers created by the controller can be assigned default values. This allows to fully control the resources requirement of `TaskRun`.
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: config-defaults
+  namespace: tekton-pipelines
+data:
+  default-container-resource-requirements: |
+    place-scripts: # updates resource requirements of a 'place-scripts' container
+      requests:
+        memory: "64Mi"
+        cpu: "250m"
+      limits:
+        memory: "128Mi"
+        cpu: "500m"
+  
+    prepare: # updates resource requirements of a 'prepare' container
+      requests:
+        memory: "64Mi"
+        cpu: "250m"
+      limits:
+        memory: "256Mi"
+        cpu: "500m"
+  
+    working-dir-initializer: # updates resource requirements of a 'working-dir-initializer' container
+      requests:
+        memory: "64Mi"
+        cpu: "250m"
+      limits:
+        memory: "512Mi"
+        cpu: "500m"
+  
+    prefix-scripts: # updates resource requirements of containers which starts with 'scripts-'
+      requests:
+        memory: "64Mi"
+        cpu: "250m"
+      limits:
+        memory: "128Mi"
+        cpu: "500m"
+  
+    prefix-sidecar-scripts: # updates resource requirements of containers which starts with 'sidecar-scripts-'
+      requests:
+        memory: "64Mi"
+        cpu: "250m"
+      limits:
+        memory: "128Mi"
+        cpu: "500m"
+  
+    default: # updates resource requirements of init-containers and containers which has empty resource resource requirements
+      requests:
+        memory: "64Mi"
+        cpu: "250m"
+      limits:
+        memory: "256Mi"
+        cpu: "500m"
+```
+
+Any resource requirements set at the `Task` and `TaskRun` levels will overidde the default one specified in the `config-defaults` configmap.
+
 ## Customizing basic execution parameters
 
 You can specify your own values that replace the default service account (`ServiceAccount`), timeout (`Timeout`), resolver (`Resolver`), and Pod template (`PodTemplate`) values used by Tekton Pipelines in `TaskRun` and `PipelineRun` definitions. To do so, modify the ConfigMap `config-defaults` with your desired values.
diff --git a/pkg/pod/pod.go b/pkg/pod/pod.go
index 10967089c82..709696aff92 100644
--- a/pkg/pod/pod.go
+++ b/pkg/pod/pod.go
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Build(ctx context.Context, taskRun *v1.TaskRun, taskSpec v1.Ta
 	return newPod, nil
 }
 
-// updates init containers and containers resource requirements of a pod
+// updates init containers and containers resource requirements of a pod base of config_defaults configmap.
 func updateResourceRequirements(resourceRequirementsMap map[string]corev1.ResourceRequirements, pod *corev1.Pod) {
 	if len(resourceRequirementsMap) == 0 {
 		return
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ func updateResourceRequirements(resourceRequirementsMap map[string]corev1.Resour
 		}
 	}
 
-	// update the containers name which does not have resource requirements
+	// update the containers resource requirements which does not have resource requirements
 	for _, containerName := range containerNames {
 		resourceRequirements := resourceRequirementsMap[containerName]
 		if resourceRequirements.Size() == 0 {
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ func updateResourceRequirements(resourceRequirementsMap map[string]corev1.Resour
 		}
 	}
 
-	// update the containers name which does not have resource requirements with the mentioned prefix
+	// update the containers resource requirements which does not have resource requirements with the mentioned prefix
 	for _, containerPrefix := range containerNamesWithPrefix {
 		resourceRequirements := resourceRequirementsMap[containerPrefix]
 		if resourceRequirements.Size() == 0 {
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ func updateResourceRequirements(resourceRequirementsMap map[string]corev1.Resour
 		}
 	}
 
-	// update reset of the containers resource requirements which has empty resource requirements
+	// reset of the containers resource requirements which has empty resource requirements
 	if resourceRequirements, found := resourceRequirementsMap[config.ResourceRequirementDefaultContainerKey]; found && resourceRequirements.Size() != 0 {
 		// update init containers
 		for index := range pod.Spec.InitContainers {