diff --git a/docs/schema/yaml/1.0.0.yaml b/docs/schema/yaml/1.0.0.yaml
index def8232..13e04b5 100644
--- a/docs/schema/yaml/1.0.0.yaml
+++ b/docs/schema/yaml/1.0.0.yaml
@@ -177,6 +177,14 @@ services:
         builder:
           # @param services.helm.docker.builder.engine
           engine: ''
+          # @param services.helm.docker.builder.resources
+          resources:
+            # @param services.helm.docker.builder.resources.requests
+            requests:
+
+            # @param services.helm.docker.builder.resources.limits
+            limits:
+
         # @param services.helm.docker.app (required)
         app:
           # @param services.helm.docker.app.afterBuildPipelineConfig
@@ -372,6 +380,14 @@ services:
         builder:
           # @param services.github.docker.builder.engine
           engine: ''
+          # @param services.github.docker.builder.resources
+          resources:
+            # @param services.github.docker.builder.resources.requests
+            requests:
+
+            # @param services.github.docker.builder.resources.limits
+            limits:
+
         # @param services.github.docker.app (required)
         app:
           # @param services.github.docker.app.afterBuildPipelineConfig
diff --git a/src/server/lib/jsonschema/schemas/1.0.0.json b/src/server/lib/jsonschema/schemas/1.0.0.json
index da487a4..4fb544c 100644
--- a/src/server/lib/jsonschema/schemas/1.0.0.json
+++ b/src/server/lib/jsonschema/schemas/1.0.0.json
@@ -342,6 +342,24 @@
                     "properties": {
                       "engine": {
                         "type": "string"
+                      },
+                      "resources": {
+                        "type": "object",
+                        "additionalProperties": false,
+                        "properties": {
+                          "requests": {
+                            "type": "object",
+                            "additionalProperties": {
+                              "type": "string"
+                            }
+                          },
+                          "limits": {
+                            "type": "object",
+                            "additionalProperties": {
+                              "type": "string"
+                            }
+                          }
+                        }
                       }
                     }
                   },
@@ -708,6 +726,24 @@
                     "properties": {
                       "engine": {
                         "type": "string"
+                      },
+                      "resources": {
+                        "type": "object",
+                        "additionalProperties": false,
+                        "properties": {
+                          "requests": {
+                            "type": "object",
+                            "additionalProperties": {
+                              "type": "string"
+                            }
+                          },
+                          "limits": {
+                            "type": "object",
+                            "additionalProperties": {
+                              "type": "string"
+                            }
+                          }
+                        }
                       }
                     }
                   },
diff --git a/src/server/lib/nativeBuild/__tests__/buildkit.test.ts b/src/server/lib/nativeBuild/__tests__/buildkit.test.ts
index 7ae40ed..1ce03c6 100644
--- a/src/server/lib/nativeBuild/__tests__/buildkit.test.ts
+++ b/src/server/lib/nativeBuild/__tests__/buildkit.test.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,181 @@ describe('buildkitBuild', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('build resource precedence', () => {
+  const mockDeploy = {
+    deployable: { name: 'test-service' },
+    $fetchGraph: jest.fn(),
+    build: { isStatic: false },
+  } as any;
+
+  const baseOptions: BuildkitBuildOptions = {
+    ecrRepo: 'test-repo',
+    ecrDomain: '123456789.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com',
+    envVars: { NODE_ENV: 'production' },
+    dockerfilePath: 'Dockerfile',
+    tag: 'v1.0.0',
+    revision: 'abc123def456789',
+    repo: 'owner/repo',
+    branch: 'main',
+    namespace: 'env-test-123',
+    buildId: '456',
+    deployUuid: 'test-service-abc123',
+    jobTimeout: 1800,
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    (getGitHubToken as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue('github-token-123');
+    (shellPromise as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue('');
+    (waitForJobAndGetLogs as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue({
+      logs: 'Build completed successfully',
+      success: true,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('uses yaml resources (options.resources) over global config', async () => {
+    const globalConfig = {
+      buildDefaults: {
+        resources: {
+          buildkit: {
+            requests: { cpu: '1', memory: '2Gi' },
+            limits: { cpu: '2', memory: '4Gi' },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    (GlobalConfigService.getInstance as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({
+      getAllConfigs: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(globalConfig),
+    });
+
+    const yamlResources = {
+      requests: { cpu: '4', memory: '8Gi' },
+      limits: { cpu: '8', memory: '16Gi' },
+    };
+
+    await buildkitBuild(mockDeploy, { ...baseOptions, resources: yamlResources });
+
+    const kubectlCalls = (shellPromise as jest.Mock).mock.calls;
+    const applyCall = kubectlCalls.find((call) => call[0].includes('kubectl apply'));
+    const fullCommand = applyCall[0];
+
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('cpu: "4"');
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('memory: "8Gi"');
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('cpu: "8"');
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('memory: "16Gi"');
+    expect(fullCommand).not.toContain('cpu: "1"');
+    expect(fullCommand).not.toContain('cpu: "2"');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to global config resources when yaml resources not set', async () => {
+    const globalConfig = {
+      buildDefaults: {
+        resources: {
+          buildkit: {
+            requests: { cpu: '1', memory: '2Gi' },
+            limits: { cpu: '3', memory: '6Gi' },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    (GlobalConfigService.getInstance as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({
+      getAllConfigs: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(globalConfig),
+    });
+
+    await buildkitBuild(mockDeploy, baseOptions);
+
+    const kubectlCalls = (shellPromise as jest.Mock).mock.calls;
+    const applyCall = kubectlCalls.find((call) => call[0].includes('kubectl apply'));
+    const fullCommand = applyCall[0];
+
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('cpu: "1"');
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('memory: "2Gi"');
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('cpu: "3"');
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('memory: "6Gi"');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to default resources when neither yaml nor global config set', async () => {
+    (GlobalConfigService.getInstance as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({
+      getAllConfigs: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+    });
+
+    await buildkitBuild(mockDeploy, baseOptions);
+
+    const kubectlCalls = (shellPromise as jest.Mock).mock.calls;
+    const applyCall = kubectlCalls.find((call) => call[0].includes('kubectl apply'));
+    const fullCommand = applyCall[0];
+
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('cpu: "500m"');
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('memory: "1Gi"');
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('cpu: "2"');
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('memory: "4Gi"');
+  });
+
+  it('uses yaml resources for kaniko over global config', async () => {
+    const { kanikoBuild } = require('../engines');
+    const globalConfig = {
+      buildDefaults: {
+        resources: {
+          kaniko: {
+            requests: { cpu: '300m', memory: '750Mi' },
+            limits: { cpu: '1', memory: '2Gi' },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    (GlobalConfigService.getInstance as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({
+      getAllConfigs: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(globalConfig),
+    });
+
+    const yamlResources = {
+      requests: { cpu: '2', memory: '4Gi' },
+      limits: { cpu: '4', memory: '8Gi' },
+    };
+
+    await kanikoBuild(mockDeploy, { ...baseOptions, resources: yamlResources });
+
+    const kubectlCalls = (shellPromise as jest.Mock).mock.calls;
+    const applyCall = kubectlCalls.find((call) => call[0].includes('kubectl apply'));
+    const fullCommand = applyCall[0];
+
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('cpu: "2"');
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('memory: "4Gi"');
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('cpu: "4"');
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('memory: "8Gi"');
+    expect(fullCommand).not.toContain('cpu: "300m"');
+    expect(fullCommand).not.toContain('memory: "750Mi"');
+  });
+
+  it('uses partial yaml resources without merging with global config', async () => {
+    const globalConfig = {
+      buildDefaults: {
+        resources: {
+          buildkit: {
+            requests: { cpu: '1', memory: '2Gi' },
+            limits: { cpu: '2', memory: '4Gi' },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    (GlobalConfigService.getInstance as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({
+      getAllConfigs: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(globalConfig),
+    });
+
+    const yamlResources = {
+      requests: { cpu: '4', memory: '8Gi' },
+    };
+
+    await buildkitBuild(mockDeploy, { ...baseOptions, resources: yamlResources });
+
+    const kubectlCalls = (shellPromise as jest.Mock).mock.calls;
+    const applyCall = kubectlCalls.find((call) => call[0].includes('kubectl apply'));
+    const fullCommand = applyCall[0];
+
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('cpu: "4"');
+    expect(fullCommand).toContain('memory: "8Gi"');
+  });
+});
+
 describe('generateSecretArgsScript', () => {
   it('returns comment when no secret keys provided', () => {
     expect(generateSecretArgsScript(undefined)).toBe('# No secret env keys');
diff --git a/src/server/lib/yamlSchemas/schema_1_0_0/docker.ts b/src/server/lib/yamlSchemas/schema_1_0_0/docker.ts
index c91fb45..4b1ecfb 100644
--- a/src/server/lib/yamlSchemas/schema_1_0_0/docker.ts
+++ b/src/server/lib/yamlSchemas/schema_1_0_0/docker.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ export const docker = {
       additionalProperties: true,
       properties: {
         engine: { type: 'string' },
+        resources: {
+          type: 'object',
+          additionalProperties: false,
+          properties: {
+            requests: { type: 'object', additionalProperties: { type: 'string' } },
+            limits: { type: 'object', additionalProperties: { type: 'string' } },
+          },
+        },
       },
     },
     app: {
diff --git a/src/server/models/yaml/YamlService.ts b/src/server/models/yaml/YamlService.ts
index 502f1ee..18f4ed3 100644
--- a/src/server/models/yaml/YamlService.ts
+++ b/src/server/models/yaml/YamlService.ts
@@ -285,6 +285,10 @@ export interface ServiceDiskConfig {
 
 export interface Builder {
   readonly engine?: string;
+  readonly resources?: {
+    readonly requests?: Record<string, string>;
+    readonly limits?: Record<string, string>;
+  };
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/server/services/deploy.ts b/src/server/services/deploy.ts
index 7f5e3f1..abcee2d 100644
--- a/src/server/services/deploy.ts
+++ b/src/server/services/deploy.ts
@@ -1107,6 +1107,7 @@ export default class DeployService extends BaseService {
             buildId: String(deploy.build.id),
             deployUuid: deploy.uuid,
             cacheRegistry: buildDefaults?.cacheRegistry,
+            resources: deployable.builder?.resources,
             secretRefs: buildSecretNames,
             secretEnvKeys: Array.from(secretEnvKeys),
           };