diff --git a/locals.tf b/locals.tf
index 6f6e3f2..d40ccd0 100644
--- a/locals.tf
+++ b/locals.tf
@@ -172,6 +172,13 @@ locals {
           limits   = { for k, v in var.resources.memcached_index_queries.limits : k => v if v != null }
         }
       }
+      memcachedIndexWrites = {
+        enabled = true
+        resources = {
+          requests = { for k, v in var.resources.memcached_index_writes.requests : k => v if v != null }
+          limits   = { for k, v in var.resources.memcached_index_writes.limits : k => v if v != null }
+        }
+      }
       queryScheduler = {
         enabled  = true
         affinity = ""
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 7957e92..97b2eec 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -174,6 +174,17 @@ variable "resources" {
       }), {})
     }), {})
 
+    memcached_index_writes = optional(object({
+      requests = optional(object({
+        cpu    = optional(string, "100m")
+        memory = optional(string, "256Mi")
+      }), {})
+      limits = optional(object({
+        cpu    = optional(string)
+        memory = optional(string, "512Mi")
+      }), {})
+    }), {})
+
     promtail = optional(object({
       requests = optional(object({
         cpu    = optional(string, "100m")