diff --git a/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/DrillQueryProfile.java b/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/DrillQueryProfile.java
index 41a4a0f01..83c5b9597 100644
--- a/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/DrillQueryProfile.java
+++ b/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/DrillQueryProfile.java
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeName;
+import oadd.org.apache.drill.exec.proto.UserBitShared;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 @JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 @JsonTypeName("queryProfile")
@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@ public static class OperatorProfile {
         public long processNanos;
         public long peakLocalMemoryAllocated;
         public long waitNanos;
+        public long optimalMemAllocation;
 
         @Override
         public String toString() {
@@ -176,7 +179,8 @@ public String toString() {
                     .append("setupNanos=").append(setupNanos).append(", ")
                     .append("processNanos=").append(processNanos).append(", ")
                     .append("peakLocalMemoryAllocated=").append(peakLocalMemoryAllocated).append(", ")
-                    .append("waitNanos=").append(waitNanos).append(")");
+                    .append("waitNanos=").append(waitNanos).append(", ")
+                    .append("optimalMemAllocation=").append(optimalMemAllocation).append(")");
             return sb.toString();
         }
     }
@@ -197,6 +201,49 @@ public String toString() {
 
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get optimal memory allocated per operator.
+     * Utility parses the DrillQueryProfile
+     * @param operator
+     * @return
+     */
+    public long getOptimalMemoryPerOperator(final UserBitShared.CoreOperatorType operator) {
+        return this.fragmentProfiles
+                .stream()
+                .flatMap(f -> f.minorFragmentProfiles
+                        .stream()
+                        .flatMap(m -> m.operatorProfiles.stream())
+                ).filter(o -> o.operatorId == operator.getNumber())
+                .mapToLong(o -> o.optimalMemAllocation)
+                .sum();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get different operators in the profile.
+     * @return a list of operators in the query profile.
+     */
+    public List<UserBitShared.CoreOperatorType> getOperatorsFromProfile() {
+        return this.fragmentProfiles
+                .stream().flatMap(f -> f.minorFragmentProfiles
+                        .stream()
+                        .flatMap(m -> m.operatorProfiles.stream())
+                ).mapToInt(o -> o.operatorId)
+                .distinct()
+                .mapToObj(UserBitShared.CoreOperatorType::forNumber)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Total optimal memory required for the query.
+     * @return total optimal memory required for the query (as estimated by the RM planner).
+     */
+    public long getTotalOptimalMemoryEstimate() {
+        return getOperatorsFromProfile()
+                .stream()
+                .mapToLong(this::getOptimalMemoryPerOperator)
+                .sum();
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/Utils.java b/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/Utils.java
index 934a4e292..6315e29b8 100755
--- a/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/Utils.java
+++ b/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/Utils.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.drill.test.framework;
 
+import oadd.org.apache.drill.exec.proto.UserBitShared;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
 
 import java.io.*;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
diff --git a/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/DrillTestFrameworkUnitTests.java b/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/DrillTestFrameworkUnitTests.java
index afe2ee7df..ed554cea6 100644
--- a/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/DrillTestFrameworkUnitTests.java
+++ b/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/drill/test/framework/DrillTestFrameworkUnitTests.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.typesafe.config.Config;
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory;
+import oadd.org.apache.drill.exec.proto.UserBitShared;
 import org.apache.drill.test.framework.common.DrillJavaTestBase;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.testng.Assert;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.Statement;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import static org.apache.drill.test.framework.DrillTestDefaults.DRILL_EXEC_RM_CONFIG_KEY;
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ public void testConfigFileRenderer() {
      * Read from the file to validate.
      * @throws IOException
      */
+    @Test(groups = UNIT_GROUP)
     public void testWriteRMConfigToFile() throws IOException {
         final String fileName = "tempRMConfig.conf";
         final String filePath = DrillTestDefaults.TEST_ROOT_DIR + "conf/" + fileName;
@@ -159,4 +162,35 @@ public void testWriteRMConfigToFile() throws IOException {
         Assert.assertEquals(drillRMConfig2.childPools.size(), 2,
                 "Number of child pools in the config did not match!");
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test parsing operator memory and type from QueryProfile.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testTotalMemoryForQueryProfile() {
+        final Properties props = Utils.createConnectionProperties();
+        final ConnectionPool pool = new ConnectionPool(props);
+        final String sqlStatement = "select name, val, status from sys.options where name like \'%runtime%\'";
+
+        try (Connection connection = pool.getOrCreateConnection()) {
+            Statement statement = connection.createStatement();
+            ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery(sqlStatement);
+
+            final String queryId = Utils.getQueryID(resultSet);
+            DrillQueryProfile profile = Utils.getQueryProfile(queryId);
+            Assert.assertEquals(profile.queryId, queryId);
+
+            long rmMemEstimate = profile.getTotalOptimalMemoryEstimate();
+            LOG.info("Memory estimated by RM planner: " + rmMemEstimate);
+            Assert.assertTrue(rmMemEstimate > 0,
+                    "RM estimated memory should be greater than 0");
+            List<UserBitShared.CoreOperatorType> operators = profile.getOperatorsFromProfile();
+            Assert.assertTrue(operators.size() > 0,
+                    "Number of operators in the profile should be greater than 0");
+            operators.forEach(LOG::info);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            Assert.fail(e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
 }