diff --git a/src/as-validator-issue-tag.h b/src/as-validator-issue-tag.h
index dce04326..6291ffce 100644
--- a/src/as-validator-issue-tag.h
+++ b/src/as-validator-issue-tag.h
@@ -342,6 +342,12 @@ AsValidatorIssueTag as_validator_issue_tag_list[] =  {
 	  N_("This `hardware` item contains an invalid value. It should be a Computer Hardware ID (CHID) UUID without braces.")
 	},
 
+	{ "relation-memory-value-invalid",
+	  AS_ISSUE_SEVERITY_WARNING,
+	  /* TRANSLATORS: Please do not translate AppStream tag and property names (in backticks). */
+	  N_("A `memory` item must only contain a non-zero integer value, depicting a system memory size in mebibyte (MiB)")
+	},
+
 	{ "component-type-invalid",
 	  AS_ISSUE_SEVERITY_ERROR,
 	  N_("The set component type is not a recognized, valid AppStream component type.")
diff --git a/src/as-validator.c b/src/as-validator.c
index 74232ae7..4d5dbad0 100644
--- a/src/as-validator.c
+++ b/src/as-validator.c
@@ -1473,6 +1473,11 @@ as_validator_check_relations (AsValidator *validator,
 				as_validator_add_issue (validator, iter, "relation-hardware-value-invalid", content);
 		}
 
+		/* check memory for sanity */
+		if (item_kind == AS_RELATION_ITEM_KIND_MEMORY)
+			if (!as_str_verify_integer (content, 1, G_MAXINT64))
+				as_validator_add_issue (validator, iter, "relation-memory-value-invalid", content);
+
 		/* check for redefinition */
 		rel_item_id = g_strdup_printf ("%s%s%s%s", node_name, content, compare_str, version);
 		rel_dupe_type = g_hash_table_lookup (known_entries, rel_item_id);