diff --git a/plugins/in_process_exporter_metrics/pe.h b/plugins/in_process_exporter_metrics/pe.h
index 96bc37b96e2..ae282978706 100644
--- a/plugins/in_process_exporter_metrics/pe.h
+++ b/plugins/in_process_exporter_metrics/pe.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct flb_pe {
     struct flb_input_instance *ins; /* input instance   */
     struct mk_list *metrics;        /* enabled metrics */
     int enabled_flag;               /* indicate enabled metrics */
+    long page_size;                  /* page size for converting number of pages to bytes */
 
     /*
      * Metrics Contexts
diff --git a/plugins/in_process_exporter_metrics/pe_config.c b/plugins/in_process_exporter_metrics/pe_config.c
index 851c53444e7..f003d0a8dc7 100644
--- a/plugins/in_process_exporter_metrics/pe_config.c
+++ b/plugins/in_process_exporter_metrics/pe_config.c
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ struct flb_pe *flb_pe_config_create(struct flb_input_instance *ins,
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    ctx->page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+
     return ctx;
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/in_process_exporter_metrics/pe_process.c b/plugins/in_process_exporter_metrics/pe_process.c
index 6706e8bd37b..1d303b21663 100644
--- a/plugins/in_process_exporter_metrics/pe_process.c
+++ b/plugins/in_process_exporter_metrics/pe_process.c
@@ -1108,6 +1108,8 @@ static int process_update(struct flb_pe *ctx)
                 tmp = entry->str;
                 /* Collect the number of RSS per process */
                 if (pe_utils_str_to_uint64(tmp, &val) != -1) {
+                    /* convert RSS memory in number of pages to bytes */
+                    val = val * ctx->page_size;
                     cmt_gauge_set(ctx->memory_bytes, ts, val, 4, (char *[]){ name, pid_str, ppid_str, "rss" });
                 }