diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 95cd65f4..1e4e4ed2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/prometheus/procfs
 go 1.19
 
 require (
+	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4d2f8b9d..1d6f31ba 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 h1:GzkhY7T5VNhEkwH0PVJgjz+fX1rhBrR7pRT3mDkpeCY=
+github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Mu1zIs6XwVuF/gI1OepvI0qD18qycQx+mFykh5fBlto=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0 h1:ftCYgMx6zT/asHUrPw8BLLscYtGznsLAnjq5RH9P66E=
diff --git a/meminfo.go b/meminfo.go
index eaf00e22..03088d1c 100644
--- a/meminfo.go
+++ b/meminfo.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
+
 	"github.com/prometheus/procfs/internal/util"
 )
 
@@ -162,15 +164,26 @@ func parseMemInfo(r io.Reader) (*Meminfo, error) {
 	var m Meminfo
 	s := bufio.NewScanner(r)
 	for s.Scan() {
-		// Each line has at least a name and value; we ignore the unit.
 		fields := strings.Fields(s.Text())
-		if len(fields) < 2 {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: Malformed line %q", ErrFileParse, s.Text())
-		}
+		var v uint64
 
-		v, err := strconv.ParseUint(fields[1], 0, 64)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+		switch len(fields) {
+		case 2:
+			// No unit present, parse the value as bytes directly.
+			val, err := strconv.ParseUint(fields[1], 0, 64)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			v = val
+		case 3:
+			// Unit present, convert and normalize to bytes.
+			val, err := humanize.ParseBytes(fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", fields[1], fields[2]))
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			v = val
+		default:
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: Malformed line %q", ErrFileParse, s.Text())
 		}
 
 		switch fields[0] {