diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn-cgroup.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn-cgroup.c
index a9d36627a8..a5002437c6 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn-cgroup.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn-cgroup.c
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ static int chown_cgroup_path(const char *path, uid_t uid_shift) {
                        "cgroup.stat",
                        "cgroup.subtree_control",
                        "cgroup.threads",
+                       "memory.oom.group",
+                       "memory.reclaim",
                        "notify_on_release",
                        "tasks")
                 if (fchownat(fd, fn, uid_shift, uid_shift, 0) < 0)
diff --git a/src/shared/cgroup-setup.c b/src/shared/cgroup-setup.c
index 811f129f6c..934a16eaf3 100644
--- a/src/shared/cgroup-setup.c
+++ b/src/shared/cgroup-setup.c
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ int cg_set_access(
                 { "cgroup.procs",           true  },
                 { "cgroup.subtree_control", true  },
                 { "cgroup.threads",         false },
+                { "memory.oom.group",       false },
+                { "memory.reclaim",         false },
                 {},
         };