diff --git a/components/gitpod-cli/cmd/top.go b/components/gitpod-cli/cmd/top.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b1f67faa587396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/gitpod-cli/cmd/top.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+// See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	supervisor_helper "github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/gitpod-cli/pkg/supervisor-helper"
+	supervisor "github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/supervisor/api"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
+)
+
+func outputTable(workspaceResources *supervisor.ResourcesStatusResponse) {
+	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
+	table.SetHeader([]string{"CPU (millicores)", "Memory (bytes)"})
+	table.SetBorders(tablewriter.Border{Left: true, Top: true, Right: true, Bottom: false})
+	table.SetCenterSeparator("|")
+
+	cpuFraction := int64((float64(workspaceResources.Cpu.Used) / float64(workspaceResources.Cpu.Limit)) * 100)
+	memFraction := int64((float64(workspaceResources.Memory.Used) / float64(workspaceResources.Memory.Limit)) * 100)
+	cpu := fmt.Sprintf("%dm/%dm (%d%%)", workspaceResources.Cpu.Used, workspaceResources.Cpu.Limit, cpuFraction)
+	memory := fmt.Sprintf("%dMi/%dMi (%d%%)\n", workspaceResources.Memory.Used/(1024*1024), workspaceResources.Memory.Limit/(1024*1024), memFraction)
+
+	cpuColor := getColor(cpuFraction)
+	memoryColor := getColor(memFraction)
+
+	table.Rich([]string{cpu, memory}, []tablewriter.Colors{{cpuColor}, {memoryColor}})
+
+	table.Render()
+}
+
+func getColor(value int64) int {
+	switch {
+	case value >= 85:
+		return tablewriter.FgRedColor
+	case value >= 65:
+		return tablewriter.FgYellowColor
+	default:
+		return tablewriter.FgHiGreenColor
+	}
+}
+
+var topCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "top",
+	Short: "Display workspace resource (CPU and memory usage)",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		workspaceResources, err := supervisor_helper.GetWorkspaceResources(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("cannot get workspace resources: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		outputTable(workspaceResources)
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(topCmd)
+}
diff --git a/components/gitpod-cli/pkg/supervisor-helper/status.go b/components/gitpod-cli/pkg/supervisor-helper/status.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0612881368e3d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/gitpod-cli/pkg/supervisor-helper/status.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+// See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+package supervisor_helper
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	supervisor "github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/supervisor/api"
+)
+
+func GetWorkspaceResources(ctx context.Context) (*supervisor.ResourcesStatusResponse, error) {
+	conn, err := Dial(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	client := supervisor.NewStatusServiceClient(conn)
+	workspaceResources, workspaceResourcesError := client.ResourcesStatus(ctx, &supervisor.ResourcesStatuRequest{})
+
+	if workspaceResourcesError != nil {
+		return nil, workspaceResourcesError
+	}
+
+	return workspaceResources, nil
+}