diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dfd9354a..10ece685 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ The MySQL users and their privileges. A user has the values:
   - `state`  (defaults to `present`)
   - `case_sensitive` (defaults to `false`)
   - `update_password` (defaults to `always`)
+  - `resource_limits`  (defaults to `{}`)
 
 The formats of these are the same as in the `mysql_user` module.
 
diff --git a/tasks/users.yml b/tasks/users.yml
index f06e0672..4dce6f6b 100644
--- a/tasks/users.yml
+++ b/tasks/users.yml
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
     encrypted: "{{ item.encrypted | default(false) }}"
     column_case_sensitive: "{{ item.case_sensitive | default(false) }}"
     update_password: "{{ item.update_password | default('always') }}"
+    resource_limits: "{{ item.resource_limits | default({}) }}"
   with_items: "{{ mysql_users }}"
   no_log: "{{ mysql_hide_passwords }}"