diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/depot_deploy/child.h b/repos/gems/src/app/depot_deploy/child.h
index 96b820550b..d542dbb5c9 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/depot_deploy/child.h
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/depot_deploy/child.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class Depot_deploy::Child : public List_model<Child>::Element
 		 */
 		Number_of_bytes _pkg_ram_quota { 0 };
 		unsigned long   _pkg_cap_quota { 0 };
+		unsigned long   _pkg_cpu_quota { 0 };
 
 		Binary_name _binary_name { };
 		Config_name _config_name { };
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ class Depot_deploy::Child : public List_model<Child>::Element
 
 			_pkg_ram_quota = runtime.attribute_value("ram", Number_of_bytes());
 			_pkg_cap_quota = runtime.attribute_value("caps", 0UL);
+			_pkg_cpu_quota = runtime.attribute_value("cpu", 0UL);
 
 			_binary_name = runtime.attribute_value("binary", Binary_name());
 			_config_name = runtime.attribute_value("config", Config_name());
@@ -356,6 +358,16 @@ void Depot_deploy::Child::gen_start_node(Xml_generator &xml, Xml_node common,
 			xml.attribute("quantum", String<32>(ram));
 		});
 
+		unsigned long cpu_quota = _pkg_cpu_quota;
+		if (_defined_by_launcher())
+			cpu_quota = _launcher_xml->xml().attribute_value("cpu", cpu_quota);
+		cpu_quota = _start_xml->xml().attribute_value("cpu", cpu_quota);
+
+		xml.node("resource", [&] () {
+			xml.attribute("name", "CPU");
+			xml.attribute("quantum", cpu_quota);
+		});
+
 		Xml_node const runtime = _pkg_xml->xml().sub_node("runtime");
 
 		/*