diff --git a/changelog.d/add_virtual_memory_process_metric.feature.md b/changelog.d/add_virtual_memory_process_metric.feature.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..422232018e700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/add_virtual_memory_process_metric.feature.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Add virtual memory metric to the process host metrics collector.
+
+authors: nionata
diff --git a/src/sources/host_metrics/process.rs b/src/sources/host_metrics/process.rs
index 48c5392d553cf..17e7dda9e5985 100644
--- a/src/sources/host_metrics/process.rs
+++ b/src/sources/host_metrics/process.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ pub struct ProcessConfig {
 const RUNTIME: &str = "process_runtime";
 const CPU_USAGE: &str = "process_cpu_usage";
 const MEMORY_USAGE: &str = "process_memory_usage";
+const MEMORY_VIRTUAL_USAGE: &str = "process_memory_virtual_usage";
 
 impl HostMetrics {
     pub async fn process_metrics(&self, output: &mut super::MetricsBuffer) {
@@ -46,6 +47,11 @@ impl HostMetrics {
             };
             output.gauge(CPU_USAGE, process.cpu_usage().into(), tags());
             output.gauge(MEMORY_USAGE, process.memory() as f64, tags());
+            output.gauge(
+                MEMORY_VIRTUAL_USAGE,
+                process.virtual_memory() as f64,
+                tags(),
+            );
             output.counter(RUNTIME, process.run_time() as f64, tags());
         }
     }
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/host_metrics.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/host_metrics.cue
index d8762352f9a2d..e2b966eabb2ae 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/host_metrics.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/host_metrics.cue
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ components: sources: host_metrics: {
 		process_runtime: _host & _process_counter & {description: "The process uptime."}
 		process_cpu_usage: _host & _process_gauge & {description: "The process CPU usage."}
 		process_memory_usage: _host & _process_gauge & {description: "The process memory usage."}
+		process_memory_virtual_usage: _host & _process_gauge & {description: "The process virtual memory usage."}
 
 		// Host cgroups
 		cgroup_cpu_usage_seconds_total: _host & _cgroup_cpu & {description: "The total amount CPU time used by this cgroup and its descendants, in seconds."}