diff --git a/events.go b/events.go
index 47aa1abe22b..b06587a34e1 100644
--- a/events.go
+++ b/events.go
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ func convertLibcontainerStats(ls *libcontainer.Stats) *types.Stats {
 	s.Memory.Usage = convertMemoryEntry(cg.MemoryStats.Usage)
 	s.Memory.Raw = cg.MemoryStats.Stats
 	s.Memory.PSI = cg.MemoryStats.PSI
+	s.Memory.MemoryEventCount = cg.MemoryStats.EventCount
 
 	s.Blkio.IoServiceBytesRecursive = convertBlkioEntry(cg.BlkioStats.IoServiceBytesRecursive)
 	s.Blkio.IoServicedRecursive = convertBlkioEntry(cg.BlkioStats.IoServicedRecursive)
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs2/fs2.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs2/fs2.go
index 0760be74b97..d4d95cc0271 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs2/fs2.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs2/fs2.go
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ func (m *Manager) GetStats() (*cgroups.Stats, error) {
 	if err := statMemory(m.dirPath, st); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		errs = append(errs, err)
 	}
+	// memory event for CGRoup v2
+	if err := eventMemory(m.dirPath, st); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		errs = append(errs, err)
+	}
 	// io (since kernel 4.5)
 	if err := statIo(m.dirPath, st); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		errs = append(errs, err)
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs2/memory.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs2/memory.go
index 29656597423..9077b80b5d2 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs2/memory.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs2/memory.go
@@ -237,3 +237,19 @@ func rootStatsFromMeminfo(stats *cgroups.Stats) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func eventMemory(dirPath string, stats *cgroups.Stats) error {
+	kv, err := fscommon.ParseKeyValueFile(dirPath, "memory.events")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	eventCount := cgroups.MemoryEventsCount{}
+	eventCount.MaxCount = kv["max"]
+	eventCount.ReclaimLowCount = kv["low"]
+	eventCount.ReclaimHighCount = kv["high"]
+	eventCount.OomCount = kv["oom"]
+	eventCount.OomKillCount = kv["oom_kill"]
+	stats.MemoryStats.EventCount = eventCount
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fscommon/utils.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fscommon/utils.go
index f4a51c9e56f..1cad02e6d5b 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fscommon/utils.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fscommon/utils.go
@@ -143,3 +143,26 @@ func GetCgroupParamString(path, file string) (string, error) {
 
 	return strings.TrimSpace(contents), nil
 }
+
+// ReadKeyValueFile reads all key-value pairs from the specified cgroup file,
+// returns a map from key to value.
+func ParseKeyValueFile(dir, file string) (map[string]uint64, error) {
+	content, err := cgroups.ReadFile(dir, file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	lines := strings.Split(content, "\n")
+	vals := make(map[string]uint64, len(lines))
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		arr := strings.Split(line, " ")
+		if len(arr) == 2 {
+			val, err := ParseUint(arr[1], 10, 64)
+			if err == nil {
+				vals[arr[0]] = val
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return vals, nil
+}
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fscommon/utils_test.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fscommon/utils_test.go
index 0339e998904..badb6b1bd16 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fscommon/utils_test.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fscommon/utils_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package fscommon
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"math"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -93,3 +95,84 @@ func TestGetCgroupParamsInt(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("Expecting error, got none")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParseKeyValueFile(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		Name        string
+		FileContent []byte
+		FileExist   bool
+		Filename    string
+		HasErr      bool
+		ExpectedErr error
+		Expected    map[string]uint64
+	}{
+		{
+			Name:        "Standard memory.events",
+			FileContent: []byte("low 0\nhigh 0\nmax 12692218\noom 74039\noom_kill 71934\n"),
+			Filename:    "memory.events",
+			FileExist:   true,
+			HasErr:      false,
+			Expected: map[string]uint64{
+				"low":      0,
+				"high":     0,
+				"max":      12692218,
+				"oom":      74039,
+				"oom_kill": 71934,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:        "File not exists",
+			FileExist:   false,
+			HasErr:      true,
+			ExpectedErr: os.ErrNotExist,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:        "Sample cpu.stat with invalid line",
+			FileContent: []byte("usage_usec 27458468773731\nuser_usec 20792829128141\nsystem_usec 6665639645590\n\nval_only\nnon_int xyz\n"),
+			FileExist:   true,
+			HasErr:      false,
+			Expected: map[string]uint64{
+				"usage_usec":  27458468773731,
+				"user_usec":   20792829128141,
+				"system_usec": 6665639645590,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		// setup file
+		tempDir := t.TempDir()
+		if testCase.Filename == "" {
+			testCase.Filename = "cgroup.file"
+		}
+
+		if testCase.FileExist {
+			tempFile := filepath.Join(tempDir, testCase.Filename)
+
+			if err := os.WriteFile(tempFile, testCase.FileContent, 0o755); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		// get key value
+		got, err := ParseKeyValueFile(tempDir, testCase.Filename)
+		hasErr := err != nil
+
+		// compare expected
+		if testCase.HasErr != hasErr {
+			t.Errorf("ParseKeyValueFile returns wrong err: %v for test case: %v", err, testCase.Filename)
+		}
+
+		if testCase.ExpectedErr != nil && !errors.Is(err, testCase.ExpectedErr) {
+			t.Errorf("ParseKeyValueFile returns wrong err for test case: %v, expected: %v, got: %v",
+				testCase.Filename, testCase.Expected, err)
+		}
+
+		if !testCase.HasErr {
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, testCase.Expected) {
+				t.Errorf("ParseKeyValueFile returns wrong result for test case: %v, got: %v, want: %v",
+					testCase.Filename, got, testCase.Expected)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/stats.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/stats.go
index b475567d821..b629caf386d 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/stats.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/stats.go
@@ -103,8 +103,22 @@ type MemoryStats struct {
 	// if true, memory usage is accounted for throughout a hierarchy of cgroups.
 	UseHierarchy bool `json:"use_hierarchy"`
 
-	Stats map[string]uint64 `json:"stats,omitempty"`
-	PSI   *PSIStats         `json:"psi,omitempty"`
+	Stats      map[string]uint64 `json:"stats,omitempty"`
+	PSI        *PSIStats         `json:"psi,omitempty"`
+	EventCount MemoryEventsCount `json:"events_count,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type MemoryEventsCount struct {
+	// count of memory reclaim (when usage is under the low boundary)
+	ReclaimLowCount uint64 `json:"reclaim_low_count"`
+	// count of memory reclaim (when high memory boundary was exceeded)
+	ReclaimHighCount uint64 `json:"reclaim_high_count"`
+	// the number of times the cgroup’s memory usage was about to go over the max boundary
+	MaxCount uint64 `json:"max_count"`
+	// the number of time the cgroup’s memory usage was reached the limit and allocation was about to fail
+	OomCount uint64 `json:"oom_count"`
+	// The number of processes belonging to this cgroup was oom killed
+	OomKillCount uint64 `json:"oom_kill_count"`
 }
 
 type PageUsageByNUMA struct {
diff --git a/tests/integration/events.bats b/tests/integration/events.bats
index cf42eaf55cd..4e5fd71477a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/events.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/events.bats
@@ -121,10 +121,40 @@ function test_events() {
 		retry 10 1 grep -q test_busybox events.log
 		# shellcheck disable=SC2016
 		__runc exec -d test_busybox sh -c 'test=$(dd if=/dev/urandom ibs=5120k)'
-		retry 30 1 grep -q oom events.log
+		retry 30 1 grep -q '{"type":"oom","id":"test_busybox"}' events.log
 		__runc delete -f test_busybox
 	) &
 	wait # wait for the above sub shells to finish
 
 	grep -q '{"type":"oom","id":"test_busybox"}' events.log
 }
+
+@test "events --stats with OOM memory event" {
+	requires root cgroups_v2
+	init_cgroup_paths
+
+	# we need the container to hit OOM, so disable swap
+	update_config '(.. | select(.resources? != null)) .resources.memory |= {"limit": 33554432, "swap": 33554432}'
+
+	# run busybox detached
+	runc run -d --console-socket "$CONSOLE_SOCKET" test_busybox
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+	# spawn two sub processes (shells)
+	# the first sub process is an event logger that sends stats events to events.log
+	# the second sub process exec a memory hog process to cause a oom condition
+	# and waits for an oom event
+	(__runc events test_busybox >events.log) &
+	(
+		retry 10 1 grep -q test_busybox events.log
+		# shellcheck disable=SC2016
+		__runc exec -d test_busybox sh -c 'test=$(dd if=/dev/urandom ibs=5120k)'
+		retry 30 1 grep -q '{"type":"oom","id":"test_busybox"}' events.log
+		__runc events --stats test_busybox >stats.log
+		__runc delete -f test_busybox
+	) &
+	wait # wait for the above sub shells to finish
+
+	grep -q '{"type":"oom","id":"test_busybox"}' events.log
+	jq -e '.data.memory.memory_event_count.oom_kill_count >= 1' <<<"$(cat stats.log)"
+}
diff --git a/types/events.go b/types/events.go
index e28ac8c3836..114d7d0a703 100644
--- a/types/events.go
+++ b/types/events.go
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ type PSIData = cgroups.PSIData
 
 type PSIStats = cgroups.PSIStats
 
+type MemoryEventCount = cgroups.MemoryEventsCount
+
 type Hugetlb struct {
 	Usage   uint64 `json:"usage,omitempty"`
 	Max     uint64 `json:"max,omitempty"`
@@ -102,13 +104,14 @@ type MemoryEntry struct {
 }
 
 type Memory struct {
-	Cache     uint64            `json:"cache,omitempty"`
-	Usage     MemoryEntry       `json:"usage,omitempty"`
-	Swap      MemoryEntry       `json:"swap,omitempty"`
-	Kernel    MemoryEntry       `json:"kernel,omitempty"`
-	KernelTCP MemoryEntry       `json:"kernelTCP,omitempty"`
-	Raw       map[string]uint64 `json:"raw,omitempty"`
-	PSI       *PSIStats         `json:"psi,omitempty"`
+	Cache            uint64            `json:"cache,omitempty"`
+	Usage            MemoryEntry       `json:"usage,omitempty"`
+	Swap             MemoryEntry       `json:"swap,omitempty"`
+	Kernel           MemoryEntry       `json:"kernel,omitempty"`
+	KernelTCP        MemoryEntry       `json:"kernelTCP,omitempty"`
+	Raw              map[string]uint64 `json:"raw,omitempty"`
+	PSI              *PSIStats         `json:"psi,omitempty"`
+	MemoryEventCount MemoryEventCount  `json:"memory_event_count"`
 }
 
 type L3CacheInfo struct {