diff --git a/tests/system_tests_skmanage.py b/tests/system_tests_skmanage.py
index 4da148e7a..c6f542fab 100644
--- a/tests/system_tests_skmanage.py
+++ b/tests/system_tests_skmanage.py
@@ -625,16 +625,20 @@ def test_check_memory_usage(self):
         query_command = f'QUERY --type={ROUTER_METRICS_TYPE}'
         output = json.loads(self.run_skmanage(query_command))
         self.assertEqual(len(output), 1)
-        mem = output[0].get('memoryUsage')
+        vmsize = output[0].get('memoryUsage')
+        rss = output[0].get('residentMemoryUsage')
 
         if sys.platform.lower().startswith('linux'):
             # @TODO(kgiusti) - linux only for now
-            self.assertIsNotNone(mem)
-            self.assertGreaterEqual(mem, 0)
+            self.assertIsNotNone(vmsize)
+            self.assertIsNotNone(rss)
+            self.assertGreaterEqual(vmsize, 0)
+            self.assertGreaterEqual(rss, 0)
         else:
             # @TODO(kgiusti) - update test to handle other platforms as support
             # is added
-            self.assertIsNone(mem)
+            self.assertIsNone(vmsize)
+            self.assertIsNone(rss)
 
     def test_ssl_connection(self):
         """Verify skmanage can securely connect via SSL"""
diff --git a/tests/system_tests_skstat.py b/tests/system_tests_skstat.py
index e8b00d86e..9c7894d0c 100644
--- a/tests/system_tests_skstat.py
+++ b/tests/system_tests_skstat.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import os
 import re
+import sys
 import unittest
 from subprocess import PIPE
 from proton import Url, SSLDomain, SSLUnavailable, SASL
@@ -86,6 +87,12 @@ def test_general(self):
                                  out, flags=re.DOTALL) is not None, out)
         self.assertTrue(re.match(r"(.*)\bMode\b[ \t]+\bstandalone\b(.*)",
                                  out, flags=re.DOTALL) is not None, out)
+        if sys.platform.lower().startswith('linux'):
+            # process memory metrics currently only supported on linux
+            self.assertTrue(re.match(r"(.*)\bVmSize\b[ \t]+\b[0-9]+\b(.*)",
+                                     out, flags=re.DOTALL) is not None, out)
+            self.assertTrue(re.match(r"(.*)\bRSS\b[ \t]+\b[0-9]+\b(.*)",
+                                     out, flags=re.DOTALL) is not None, out)
 
         self.assertEqual(out.count("QDR.A"), 2)
 
@@ -248,7 +255,12 @@ def test_memory(self):
         self.assertIn("QDR.A", out)
         self.assertIn("UTC", out)
         regexp = r'qdr_address_t\s+[0-9]+'
-        assert re.search(regexp, out, re.I), "Can't find '%s' in '%s'" % (regexp, out)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(re.search(regexp, out, re.I),
+                             "Can't find '%s' in '%s'" % (regexp, out))
+        if sys.platform.lower().startswith('linux'):
+            # process memory metrics currently only supported on linux
+            m_regexp = r"(.*)\bVmSize\b[ \t]+\bRSS\b[ \t]+\bPooled\b(.*)"
+            self.assertIsNotNone(re.match(m_regexp, out, flags=re.DOTALL), out)
 
     def test_memory_csv(self):
         out = self.run_skstat(['--memory', '--csv'])
diff --git a/tools/skstat.in b/tools/skstat.in
index 777e7b5ff..182e12e12 100755
--- a/tools/skstat.in
+++ b/tools/skstat.in
@@ -367,13 +367,13 @@ class BusManager:
             pass
 
         try:
-            if router.memoryUsage is not None:
+            if router_metrics.memoryUsage is not None:
                 rows.append(('VmSize', NumKMG(router_metrics.memoryUsage,
                                               base=1024)))
         except Exception:
             pass
         try:
-            if router.residentMemoryUsage is not None:
+            if router_metrics.residentMemoryUsage is not None:
                 rows.append(('RSS', NumKMG(router_metrics.residentMemoryUsage,
                                            base=1024)))
         except Exception:
@@ -744,13 +744,14 @@ class BusManager:
 
         # attempt to get the qdrouterd process memory usage
         # this may not be present on all platforms
-        router = self.query('io.skupper.router.router')[0]
+        router_metrics = self.query('io.skupper.router.routerMetrics')[0]
+
         try:
-            vm_size = router.memoryUsage
+            vm_size = router_metrics.memoryUsage
         except AttributeError:
             vm_size = None
         try:
-            rss_size = router.residentMemoryUsage
+            rss_size = router_metrics.residentMemoryUsage
         except AttributeError:
             rss_size = None