diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ab35aedf..068f65f44 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#128](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/issues/128): system_load measurement missing.
 - [#129](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/issues/129): Latest pkg url fix.
+- [#131](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/issues/131): Fix memory reporting on linux & darwin. Thanks @subhachandrachandra!
 - [#140](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/issues/140): Memory plugin prec->perc typo fix. Thanks @brunoqc!
 
 ## v0.1.6 [2015-08-20]
diff --git a/plugins/system/ps/mem/mem_linux.go b/plugins/system/ps/mem/mem_linux.go
index a0505b5f5..42a49a2b6 100644
--- a/plugins/system/ps/mem/mem_linux.go
+++ b/plugins/system/ps/mem/mem_linux.go
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ func VirtualMemory() (*VirtualMemoryStat, error) {
 		}
 		switch key {
 		case "MemTotal":
-			ret.Total = t * 1000
+			ret.Total = t * 1024
 		case "MemFree":
-			ret.Free = t * 1000
+			ret.Free = t * 1024
 		case "Buffers":
-			ret.Buffers = t * 1000
+			ret.Buffers = t * 1024
 		case "Cached":
-			ret.Cached = t * 1000
+			ret.Cached = t * 1024
 		case "Active":
-			ret.Active = t * 1000
+			ret.Active = t * 1024
 		case "Inactive":
-			ret.Inactive = t * 1000
+			ret.Inactive = t * 1024
 		}
 	}
 	ret.Available = ret.Free + ret.Buffers + ret.Cached