diff --git a/compose/config/config.py b/compose/config/config.py
index 71364316b..dbf64bae2 100644
--- a/compose/config/config.py
+++ b/compose/config/config.py
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ DOCKER_CONFIG_KEYS = [
     'labels',
     'links',
     'mac_address',
-    'mem_limit',
+    'mem_limit'
+    'mem_reservation',
     'memswap_limit',
     'mem_swappiness',
     'net',
diff --git a/compose/config/config_schema_v2.0.json b/compose/config/config_schema_v2.0.json
index d20a0d89a..54e9b3314 100644
--- a/compose/config/config_schema_v2.0.json
+++ b/compose/config/config_schema_v2.0.json
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@
 
         "mac_address": {"type": "string"},
         "mem_limit": {"type": ["number", "string"]},
-        "memswap_limit": {"type": ["number", "string"]},
+        "mem_reservation": {"type": ["string", "integer"]},
         "mem_swappiness": {"type": "integer"},
+        "memswap_limit": {"type": ["number", "string"]},
         "network_mode": {"type": "string"},
 
         "networks": {
diff --git a/compose/config/config_schema_v2.1.json b/compose/config/config_schema_v2.1.json
index 7247f9a90..0f87be24e 100644
--- a/compose/config/config_schema_v2.1.json
+++ b/compose/config/config_schema_v2.1.json
@@ -168,8 +168,9 @@
 
         "mac_address": {"type": "string"},
         "mem_limit": {"type": ["number", "string"]},
-        "memswap_limit": {"type": ["number", "string"]},
+        "mem_reservation": {"type": ["string", "integer"]},
         "mem_swappiness": {"type": "integer"},
+        "memswap_limit": {"type": ["number", "string"]},
         "network_mode": {"type": "string"},
 
         "networks": {
diff --git a/compose/service.py b/compose/service.py
index 5e2ae3640..712d5ac15 100644
--- a/compose/service.py
+++ b/compose/service.py
@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ DOCKER_START_KEYS = [
     'log_driver',
     'log_opt',
     'mem_limit',
+    'mem_reservation',
     'memswap_limit',
-    'oom_score_adj',
     'mem_swappiness',
+    'oom_score_adj',
     'pid',
     'pids_limit',
     'privileged',
@@ -766,6 +767,7 @@ class Service(object):
             cap_add=options.get('cap_add'),
             cap_drop=options.get('cap_drop'),
             mem_limit=options.get('mem_limit'),
+            mem_reservation=options.get('mem_reservation'),
             memswap_limit=options.get('memswap_limit'),
             ulimits=build_ulimits(options.get('ulimits')),
             log_config=log_config,
diff --git a/tests/integration/service_test.py b/tests/integration/service_test.py
index 8104163bb..ddc2f3bae 100644
--- a/tests/integration/service_test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/service_test.py
@@ -880,6 +880,11 @@ class ServiceTest(DockerClientTestCase):
         container = create_and_start_container(service)
         self.assertEqual(container.get('HostConfig.MemorySwappiness'), 11)
 
+    def test_mem_reservation(self):
+        service = self.create_service('web', mem_reservation='20m')
+        container = create_and_start_container(service)
+        assert container.get('HostConfig.MemoryReservation') == 20 * 1024 * 1024
+
     def test_restart_always_value(self):
         service = self.create_service('web', restart={'Name': 'always'})
         container = create_and_start_container(service)
diff --git a/tests/unit/service_test.py b/tests/unit/service_test.py
index 4d81623ba..5dc5265e6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/service_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/service_test.py
@@ -170,6 +170,20 @@ class ServiceTest(unittest.TestCase):
             2000000000
         )
 
+    def test_mem_reservation(self):
+        self.mock_client.create_host_config.return_value = {}
+
+        service = Service(
+            name='foo',
+            image='foo',
+            hostname='name',
+            client=self.mock_client,
+            mem_reservation='512m'
+        )
+        service._get_container_create_options({'some': 'overrides'}, 1)
+        assert self.mock_client.create_host_config.called is True
+        assert self.mock_client.create_host_config.call_args[1]['mem_reservation'] == '512m'
+
     def test_cgroup_parent(self):
         self.mock_client.create_host_config.return_value = {}