diff --git a/manager/eks.yaml b/manager/eks.yaml
index dfd18d9bd1..ca328379bc 100644
--- a/manager/eks.yaml
+++ b/manager/eks.yaml
@@ -32,3 +32,16 @@ nodeGroups:
     iam:
       withAddonPolicies:
         autoScaler: true
+    kubeletExtraConfig:
+      kubeReserved:
+        cpu: 150m
+        memory: 300Mi
+        ephemeral-storage: 1Gi
+      kubeReservedCgroup: /kube-reserved
+      systemReserved:
+        cpu: 150m
+        memory: 300Mi
+        ephemeral-storage: 1Gi
+      evictionHard:
+        memory.available:  200Mi
+        nodefs.available: 5%
diff --git a/pkg/lib/k8s/pod.go b/pkg/lib/k8s/pod.go
index bbd5fe9da3..af92ab440d 100644
--- a/pkg/lib/k8s/pod.go
+++ b/pkg/lib/k8s/pod.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package k8s
 
 import (
+	"regexp"
 	"time"
 
 	kcore "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ var podTypeMeta = kmeta.TypeMeta{
 	Kind:       "Pod",
 }
 
+const ReasonEvicted = "Evicted"
+
 type PodStatus string
 
 const (
@@ -130,6 +133,8 @@ func GetPodReadyTime(pod *kcore.Pod) *time.Time {
 	return nil
 }
 
+var evictedMemoryMessageRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)low\W+on\W+resource\W+memory`)
+
 func GetPodStatus(pod *kcore.Pod) PodStatus {
 	if pod == nil {
 		return PodStatusUnknown
@@ -145,6 +150,10 @@ func GetPodStatus(pod *kcore.Pod) PodStatus {
 	case kcore.PodSucceeded:
 		return PodStatusSucceeded
 	case kcore.PodFailed:
+		if pod.Status.Reason == ReasonEvicted && evictedMemoryMessageRegex.MatchString(pod.Status.Message) {
+			return PodStatusKilledOOM
+		}
+
 		for _, containerStatus := range pod.Status.ContainerStatuses {
 			if containerStatus.LastTerminationState.Terminated != nil {
 				exitCode := containerStatus.LastTerminationState.Terminated.ExitCode
diff --git a/pkg/operator/workloads/cron.go b/pkg/operator/workloads/cron.go
index acd2705d3e..051a304ea5 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/workloads/cron.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/workloads/cron.go
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ package workloads
 import (
 	"time"
 
+	kcore "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	kmeta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
 	"github.com/cortexlabs/cortex/pkg/lib/errors"
+	"github.com/cortexlabs/cortex/pkg/lib/k8s"
+	"github.com/cortexlabs/cortex/pkg/lib/sets/strset"
 	"github.com/cortexlabs/cortex/pkg/operator/config"
 )
 
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ func runCron() {
 		"workloadType": workloadTypeAPI,
 		"userFacing":   "true",
 	})
+
 	if err != nil {
 		config.Telemetry.ReportError(err)
 		errors.PrintError(err)
@@ -73,11 +77,14 @@ func runCron() {
 	failedPods, err := config.Kubernetes.ListPods(&kmeta.ListOptions{
 		FieldSelector: "status.phase=Failed",
 	})
+
 	if err != nil {
 		config.Telemetry.ReportError(err)
 		errors.PrintError(err)
 	}
 
+	deleteEvictedPods(failedPods)
+
 	if err := updateDataWorkloadErrors(failedPods); err != nil {
 		config.Telemetry.ReportError(err)
 		errors.PrintError(err)
@@ -93,3 +100,33 @@ func reportAndRecover(strs ...string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func deleteEvictedPods(failedPods []kcore.Pod) {
+	evictedPods := []kcore.Pod{}
+	for _, pod := range failedPods {
+		if pod.Status.Reason == k8s.ReasonEvicted {
+			evictedPods = append(evictedPods, pod)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(evictedPods) > 0 {
+		savedEvictedPods := map[string]kcore.Pod{}
+		currentWorkloadIDs := strset.New()
+		for _, ctx := range CurrentContexts() {
+			currentWorkloadIDs.Merge(ctx.ComputedResourceWorkloadIDs())
+		}
+
+		for _, pod := range evictedPods {
+			if currentWorkloadIDs.Has(pod.Labels["workloadID"]) {
+				if _, ok := savedEvictedPods[pod.Labels["resourceID"]]; !ok {
+					savedEvictedPods[pod.Labels["resourceID"]] = pod
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+			_, err := config.Kubernetes.DeletePod(pod.Name)
+			if err != nil {
+				errors.PrintError(err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}