diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2043381472b..a4119965aa3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -53,12 +53,13 @@ To learn more about our roadmap, we recommend reading [this document](ROADMAP.md
 - **General:** Use more readable timestamps in KEDA Operator logs ([#3066](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issue/3066))
 - **AWS SQS Queue Scaler:** Support for scaling to include in-flight messages. ([#3133](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3133))
 - **Azure Pipelines Scaler:** Add support for Azure Pipelines to support demands (capabilities) ([#2328](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/2328))
+- **CPU/Memory Scaler:** Added support for targeting specific container in a pod ([#1378](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/1378))
 - **GCP Stackdriver Scaler:** Added aggregation parameters ([#3008](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3008))
 - **Kafka Scaler:** Handle Sarama errors properly ([#3056](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3056))
 - **Kafka Scaler:** Support of passphrase encrypted PKCS #\8 private key ([3449](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3449))
 - **Prometheus Scaler:** Add ignoreNullValues to return error when prometheus return null in values ([#3065](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3065))
 - **Selenium Grid Scaler:** Edge active sessions not being properly counted ([#2709](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/2709))
-- **Selenium Grid Scaler:** Max Sessions implementation issue ([#3061](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/3061))
+- **Selenium Grid Scaler:** Max Sessions implementation issue ([#3061](https://github.c>>>>>>> mainom/kedacore/keda/issues/3061))
 
 ### Fixes
 
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/cpu_memory_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/cpu_memory_scaler.go
index edaa2af48ea..7ad53a6e365 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/cpu_memory_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/cpu_memory_scaler.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type cpuMemoryMetadata struct {
 	Type               v2beta2.MetricTargetType
 	AverageValue       *resource.Quantity
 	AverageUtilization *int32
+	ContainerName      string
 }
 
 // NewCPUMemoryScaler creates a new cpuMemoryScaler
@@ -73,6 +74,11 @@ func parseResourceMetadata(config *ScalerConfig, logger logr.Logger) (*cpuMemory
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported metric type, allowed values are 'Utilization' or 'AverageValue'")
 	}
+
+	if value, ok = config.TriggerMetadata["containerName"]; ok && value != "" {
+		meta.ContainerName = value
+	}
+
 	return meta, nil
 }
 
@@ -88,15 +94,31 @@ func (s *cpuMemoryScaler) Close(context.Context) error {
 
 // GetMetricSpecForScaling returns the metric spec for the HPA
 func (s *cpuMemoryScaler) GetMetricSpecForScaling(context.Context) []v2beta2.MetricSpec {
-	cpuMemoryMetric := &v2beta2.ResourceMetricSource{
-		Name: s.resourceName,
-		Target: v2beta2.MetricTarget{
-			Type:               s.metadata.Type,
-			AverageUtilization: s.metadata.AverageUtilization,
-			AverageValue:       s.metadata.AverageValue,
-		},
+	var metricSpec v2beta2.MetricSpec
+
+	if s.metadata.ContainerName != "" {
+		containerCPUMemoryMetric := &v2beta2.ContainerResourceMetricSource{
+			Name: s.resourceName,
+			Target: v2beta2.MetricTarget{
+				Type:               s.metadata.Type,
+				AverageUtilization: s.metadata.AverageUtilization,
+				AverageValue:       s.metadata.AverageValue,
+			},
+			Container: s.metadata.ContainerName,
+		}
+		metricSpec = v2beta2.MetricSpec{ContainerResource: containerCPUMemoryMetric, Type: v2beta2.ContainerResourceMetricSourceType}
+	} else {
+		cpuMemoryMetric := &v2beta2.ResourceMetricSource{
+			Name: s.resourceName,
+			Target: v2beta2.MetricTarget{
+				Type:               s.metadata.Type,
+				AverageUtilization: s.metadata.AverageUtilization,
+				AverageValue:       s.metadata.AverageValue,
+			},
+		}
+		metricSpec = v2beta2.MetricSpec{Resource: cpuMemoryMetric, Type: v2beta2.ResourceMetricSourceType}
 	}
-	metricSpec := v2beta2.MetricSpec{Resource: cpuMemoryMetric, Type: v2beta2.ResourceMetricSourceType}
+
 	return []v2beta2.MetricSpec{metricSpec}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/cpu_memory_scaler_test.go b/pkg/scalers/cpu_memory_scaler_test.go
index b1922d5c0d7..3d924146fb2 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/cpu_memory_scaler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/cpu_memory_scaler_test.go
@@ -21,10 +21,16 @@ var validCPUMemoryMetadata = map[string]string{
 	"type":  "Utilization",
 	"value": "50",
 }
+var validContainerCPUMemoryMetadata = map[string]string{
+	"type":          "Utilization",
+	"value":         "50",
+	"containerName": "foo",
+}
 
 var testCPUMemoryMetadata = []parseCPUMemoryMetadataTestData{
 	{"", map[string]string{}, true},
 	{"", validCPUMemoryMetadata, false},
+	{"", validContainerCPUMemoryMetadata, false},
 	{"", map[string]string{"type": "Utilization", "value": "50"}, false},
 	{v2beta2.UtilizationMetricType, map[string]string{"value": "50"}, false},
 	{"", map[string]string{"type": "AverageValue", "value": "50"}, false},
@@ -75,3 +81,30 @@ func TestGetMetricSpecForScaling(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, metricSpec[0].Resource.Name, v1.ResourceCPU)
 	assert.Equal(t, metricSpec[0].Resource.Target.Type, v2beta2.UtilizationMetricType)
 }
+
+func TestGetContainerMetricSpecForScaling(t *testing.T) {
+	// Using trigger.metadata.type field for type
+	config := &ScalerConfig{
+		TriggerMetadata: validContainerCPUMemoryMetadata,
+	}
+	scaler, _ := NewCPUMemoryScaler(v1.ResourceCPU, config)
+	metricSpec := scaler.GetMetricSpecForScaling(context.Background())
+
+	assert.Equal(t, metricSpec[0].Type, v2beta2.ContainerResourceMetricSourceType)
+	assert.Equal(t, metricSpec[0].ContainerResource.Name, v1.ResourceCPU)
+	assert.Equal(t, metricSpec[0].ContainerResource.Target.Type, v2beta2.UtilizationMetricType)
+	assert.Equal(t, metricSpec[0].ContainerResource.Container, validContainerCPUMemoryMetadata["containerName"])
+
+	// Using trigger.metricType field for type
+	config = &ScalerConfig{
+		TriggerMetadata: map[string]string{"value": "50", "containerName": "bar"},
+		MetricType:      v2beta2.UtilizationMetricType,
+	}
+	scaler, _ = NewCPUMemoryScaler(v1.ResourceCPU, config)
+	metricSpec = scaler.GetMetricSpecForScaling(context.Background())
+
+	assert.Equal(t, metricSpec[0].Type, v2beta2.ContainerResourceMetricSourceType)
+	assert.Equal(t, metricSpec[0].ContainerResource.Name, v1.ResourceCPU)
+	assert.Equal(t, metricSpec[0].ContainerResource.Target.Type, v2beta2.UtilizationMetricType)
+	assert.Equal(t, metricSpec[0].ContainerResource.Container, "bar")
+}