diff --git a/lib/memory.c b/lib/memory.c
index 87cba69fc515..695bbfe11572 100644
--- a/lib/memory.c
+++ b/lib/memory.c
@@ -36,9 +36,19 @@ DEFINE_MTYPE(LIB, PREFIX_FLOWSPEC, "Prefix Flowspec")
 
 static inline void mt_count_alloc(struct memtype *mt, size_t size, void *ptr)
 {
+	size_t current;
 	size_t oldsize;
 
-	atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&mt->n_alloc, 1, memory_order_relaxed);
+	current = 1 + atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&mt->n_alloc, 1,
+						memory_order_relaxed);
+
+	oldsize = atomic_load_explicit(&mt->n_max, memory_order_relaxed);
+	if (current > oldsize)
+		/* note that this may fail, but approximation is sufficient */
+		atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit(&mt->n_max, &oldsize,
+						      current,
+						      memory_order_relaxed,
+						      memory_order_relaxed);
 
 	oldsize = atomic_load_explicit(&mt->size, memory_order_relaxed);
 	if (oldsize == 0)
@@ -51,7 +61,15 @@ static inline void mt_count_alloc(struct memtype *mt, size_t size, void *ptr)
 #ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE
 	size_t mallocsz = malloc_usable_size(ptr);
 
-	atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&mt->total, mallocsz, memory_order_relaxed);
+	current = mallocsz + atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&mt->total, mallocsz,
+						       memory_order_relaxed);
+	oldsize = atomic_load_explicit(&mt->max_size, memory_order_relaxed);
+	if (current > oldsize)
+		/* note that this may fail, but approximation is sufficient */
+		atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit(&mt->max_size, &oldsize,
+						      current,
+						      memory_order_relaxed,
+						      memory_order_relaxed);
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/memory.h b/lib/memory.h
index c39f34e3a7f8..2d6c1447786a 100644
--- a/lib/memory.h
+++ b/lib/memory.h
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ struct memtype {
 	struct memtype *next, **ref;
 	const char *name;
 	_Atomic size_t n_alloc;
+	_Atomic size_t n_max;
 	_Atomic size_t size;
 #ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE
 	_Atomic size_t total;
+	_Atomic size_t max_size;
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/memory_vty.c b/lib/memory_vty.c
index 9ee2e52ec751..73a18529a2a8 100644
--- a/lib/memory_vty.c
+++ b/lib/memory_vty.c
@@ -73,27 +73,45 @@ static int show_memory_mallinfo(struct vty *vty)
 static int qmem_walker(void *arg, struct memgroup *mg, struct memtype *mt)
 {
 	struct vty *vty = arg;
-	if (!mt)
+	if (!mt) {
 		vty_out(vty, "--- qmem %s ---\n", mg->name);
-	else {
+		vty_out(vty, "%-30s: %8s %-8s%s %8s %9s\n",
+			"Type", "Current#", "  Size",
+#ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE
+			"     Total",
+#else
+			"",
+#endif
+			"Max#",
+#ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE
+			"MaxBytes"
+#else
+			""
+#endif
+			);
+	} else {
 		if (mt->n_alloc != 0) {
 			char size[32];
 			snprintf(size, sizeof(size), "%6zu", mt->size);
-
 #ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE
 #define TSTR " %9zu"
 #define TARG , mt->total
+#define TARG2 , mt->max_size
 #else
 #define TSTR ""
 #define TARG
+#define TARG2
 #endif
-			vty_out(vty, "%-30s: %10zu  %-16s"TSTR"\n", mt->name,
+			vty_out(vty, "%-30s: %8zu %-8s"TSTR" %8zu"TSTR"\n",
+				mt->name,
 				mt->n_alloc,
 				mt->size == 0 ? ""
 					      : mt->size == SIZE_VAR
-							? "(variably sized)"
+							? "variable"
 							: size
-				TARG);
+				TARG,
+				mt->n_max
+				TARG2);
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;