diff --git a/pkg/pillar/cmd/zedmanager/memorysizemgmt.go b/pkg/pillar/cmd/zedmanager/memorysizemgmt.go
index 6915355103..6ce4f30993 100644
--- a/pkg/pillar/cmd/zedmanager/memorysizemgmt.go
+++ b/pkg/pillar/cmd/zedmanager/memorysizemgmt.go
@@ -11,6 +11,30 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lf-edge/eve/pkg/pillar/vault"
 )
 
+// getMemoryReservedForEveInBytes returns the amount of memory reserved for eve
+// in bytes. There are two sources for this value:
+// 1. Global config value `EveMemoryLimitInBytes`
+// 2. Global config value `EveMemoryLimitInMiB`
+// The first onve is the legacy config, as it does not support values more than 4GB.
+// But we still support it for backward compatibility. If it's set to valid value,
+// we use it. If it's set to 0 (which means the value set might be too high),
+// we fallback to the second one.
+func getMemoryReservedForEveInBytes(ctxPtr *zedmanagerContext) (uint64, error) {
+	// First, check the legacy config
+	memoryReservedForEveInBytes := ctxPtr.globalConfig.GlobalValueInt(types.EveMemoryLimitInBytes)
+	if memoryReservedForEveInBytes != 0 {
+		return uint64(memoryReservedForEveInBytes), nil
+	}
+	// If the legacy config is not set, or contains 0 (which means the value set might be too high),
+	// fallback to the new config
+	memoryReservedForEveInMiB := ctxPtr.globalConfig.GlobalValueInt(types.EveMemoryLimitInMiB)
+	if memoryReservedForEveInMiB != 0 {
+		return uint64(memoryReservedForEveInMiB) << 20, nil
+	}
+	return 0, fmt.Errorf("memoryReservedForEveInMiB is not set")
+
+}
+
 // getRemainingMemory returns how many bytes remain for app instance usage
 // which is based on the running and about to run app instances.
 // It also returns a count for the app instances which are not in those
@@ -41,7 +65,10 @@ func getRemainingMemory(ctxPtr *zedmanagerContext) (uint64, uint64, uint64, erro
 			latentMemorySize += mem
 		}
 	}
-	memoryReservedForEve := uint64(ctxPtr.globalConfig.GlobalValueInt(types.EveMemoryLimitInBytes))
+	memoryReservedForEve, err := getMemoryReservedForEveInBytes(ctxPtr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("getMemoryReservedForEveInBytes failed: %v", err)
+	}
 	if vault.ReadPersistType() == types.PersistZFS {
 		zfsArcMaxLimit, err := types.GetZFSArcMaxSizeInBytes()
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/pillar/types/global.go b/pkg/pillar/types/global.go
index f9d02d9ca3..40ff3c12f4 100644
--- a/pkg/pillar/types/global.go
+++ b/pkg/pillar/types/global.go
@@ -225,7 +225,12 @@ const (
 	VgaAccess GlobalSettingKey = "debug.enable.vga"
 	// AllowAppVnc global setting key
 	AllowAppVnc GlobalSettingKey = "app.allow.vnc"
-	// EveMemoryLimitInBytes global setting key
+	// EveMemoryLimitInMiB global setting key, memory limit for EVE in MiB
+	EveMemoryLimitInMiB GlobalSettingKey = "memory.eve.limit.MiB"
+	// EveMemoryLimitInBytes global setting key, memory limit for EVE in bytes
+	// Deprecated: Use EveMemoryLimitInMiB. This config is limited to 4GB
+	// as it is stored as uint32. Nevertheles, for backward compatibility,
+	// this config is still supported and has higher priority than EveMemoryLimitInMiB.
 	EveMemoryLimitInBytes GlobalSettingKey = "memory.eve.limit.bytes"
 	// How much memory overhead is allowed for VMM needs
 	VmmMemoryLimitInMiB GlobalSettingKey = "memory.vmm.limit.MiB"
@@ -805,6 +810,8 @@ func NewConfigItemSpecMap() ConfigItemSpecMap {
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Errorf("getEveMemoryLimitInBytes failed: %v", err)
 	}
+	// Round up to the nearest MiB
+	eveMemoryLimitInMiB := uint32((eveMemoryLimitInBytes + 1024*1024 - 1) / (1024 * 1024))
 	var configItemSpecMap ConfigItemSpecMap
 	configItemSpecMap.GlobalSettings = make(map[GlobalSettingKey]ConfigItemSpec)
 	configItemSpecMap.AgentSettings = make(map[AgentSettingKey]ConfigItemSpec)
@@ -869,6 +876,8 @@ func NewConfigItemSpecMap() ConfigItemSpecMap {
 	//
 	configItemSpecMap.AddIntItem(EveMemoryLimitInBytes, uint32(eveMemoryLimitInBytes),
 		uint32(eveMemoryLimitInBytes), 0xFFFFFFFF)
+	configItemSpecMap.AddIntItem(EveMemoryLimitInMiB, eveMemoryLimitInMiB,
+		eveMemoryLimitInMiB, 0xFFFFFFFF)
 	// Limit manual vmm overhead override to 1 PiB
 	configItemSpecMap.AddIntItem(VmmMemoryLimitInMiB, 0, 0, uint32(1024*1024*1024))
 	// LogRemainToSendMBytes - Default is 2 Gbytes, minimum is 10 Mbytes
diff --git a/pkg/pillar/types/global_test.go b/pkg/pillar/types/global_test.go
index 6ff3353675..e7c4d6d5c9 100644
--- a/pkg/pillar/types/global_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pillar/types/global_test.go
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ func TestNewConfigItemSpecMap(t *testing.T) {
 		GOGCForcedGrowthMemInMiB,
 		GOGCForcedGrowthMemPerc,
 		EveMemoryLimitInBytes,
+		EveMemoryLimitInMiB,
 		VmmMemoryLimitInMiB,
 		IgnoreMemoryCheckForApps,
 		IgnoreDiskCheckForApps,