diff --git a/src/citra_qt/main.cpp b/src/citra_qt/main.cpp
index b11692f59..b677ddba0 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/citra_qt/main.cpp
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ GMainWindow::GMainWindow()
     LOG_INFO(Frontend, "Host CPU: {}", cpu_string);
 #endif
     LOG_INFO(Frontend, "Host OS: {}", QSysInfo::prettyProductName().toStdString());
+    LOG_INFO(Frontend, "Host RAM: {:.2f} GB",
+             Common::GetMemInfo().TotalPhysicalMemory / 1024.0f / 1024 / 1024);
+    LOG_INFO(Frontend, "Host Swap: {:.2f} GB",
+             Common::GetMemInfo().TotalSwapMemory / 1024.0f / 1024 / 1024);
     UpdateWindowTitle();
 
     show();
diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index a68983b05..65fd3ad1a 100644
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ add_library(common STATIC
     logging/text_formatter.cpp
     logging/text_formatter.h
     math_util.h
+    memory_detect.cpp
+    memory_detect.h
     memory_ref.h
     memory_ref.cpp
     microprofile.cpp
diff --git a/src/common/memory_detect.cpp b/src/common/memory_detect.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b59a45d55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/memory_detect.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// Copyright 2020 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+// clang-format off
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <sysinfoapi.h>
+// clang-format on
+#else
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#else
+#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#include "common/memory_detect.h"
+
+namespace Common {
+
+// Detects the RAM and Swapfile sizes
+static MemoryInfo Detect() {
+    MemoryInfo mem_info{};
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    MEMORYSTATUSEX memorystatus;
+    memorystatus.dwLength = sizeof(memorystatus);
+    GlobalMemoryStatusEx(&memorystatus);
+    mem_info.TotalPhysicalMemory = memorystatus.ullTotalPhys;
+    mem_info.TotalSwapMemory = memorystatus.ullTotalPageFile - mem_info.TotalPhysicalMemory;
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+    u64 ramsize;
+    struct xsw_usage vmusage;
+    // hw and vm are defined in sysctl.h
+    // https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu/blob/master/bsd/sys/sysctl.h#L471
+    sysctlbyname(hw.memsize, &ramsize, sizeof(ramsize), NULL, 0);
+    sysctlbyname(vm.swapusage, &vmusage, sizeof(vmusage), NULL, 0);
+    mem_info.TotalPhysicalMemory = ramsize;
+    mem_info.TotalSwapMemory = vmusage.xsu_total;
+#else
+    struct sysinfo meminfo;
+    sysinfo(&meminfo);
+    mem_info.TotalPhysicalMemory = meminfo.totalram;
+    mem_info.TotalSwapMemory = meminfo.totalswap;
+#endif
+
+    return mem_info;
+}
+
+const MemoryInfo& GetMemInfo() {
+    static MemoryInfo mem_info = Detect();
+    return mem_info;
+}
+
+} // namespace Common
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diff --git a/src/common/memory_detect.h b/src/common/memory_detect.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a73c0f3f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/memory_detect.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright 2020 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "common/common_types.h"
+
+namespace Common {
+
+struct MemoryInfo {
+    u64 TotalPhysicalMemory{};
+    u64 TotalSwapMemory{};
+};
+
+/**
+ * Gets the memory info of the host system
+ * @return Reference to a MemoryInfo struct with the physical and swap memory sizes in bytes
+ */
+const MemoryInfo& GetMemInfo();
+
+} // namespace Common
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