diff --git a/SPECS/kexec-tools/kdump.conf b/SPECS/kexec-tools/kdump.conf
index ed78507b273..58620153785 100644
--- a/SPECS/kexec-tools/kdump.conf
+++ b/SPECS/kexec-tools/kdump.conf
@@ -162,6 +162,18 @@
 #             to send fence_kdump notifications to.
 #             (this option is mandatory to enable fence_kdump).
 #
+# save_core_to_ram <0 | 1>
+#           - By default, the entire vmcore gets copied and the system reboots
+#             after the crash dump is saved. Enabling this option by specifying
+#             1 will instead save a compressed dump and not reboot after the
+#             dump is saved. The core_collector option, if also specified, is
+#             used to determine how the crash dump should be compressed. If the
+#             core_collector option is not set, then only the dmesg log will
+#             be saved.
+#
+#             This option is particularly useful when the operating system is
+#             running in RAM and reboots would otherwise remove the crash dump.
+#
 
 #raw /dev/vg/lv_kdump
 #ext4 /dev/vg/lv_kdump
@@ -183,3 +195,4 @@ core_collector makedumpfile -l --message-level 1 -d 31
 #dracut_args --omit-drivers "cfg80211 snd" --add-drivers "ext2 ext3"
 #fence_kdump_args -p 7410 -f auto -c 0 -i 10
 #fence_kdump_nodes node1 node2
+#save_core_to_ram 0
diff --git a/SPECS/kexec-tools/kdumpctl b/SPECS/kexec-tools/kdumpctl
index 908de2d9a8a..015643c02eb 100755
--- a/SPECS/kexec-tools/kdumpctl
+++ b/SPECS/kexec-tools/kdumpctl
@@ -87,6 +87,23 @@ save_core()
 	fi
 }
 
+save_compressed_core()
+{
+	coredir="/var/crash/`date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M"`"
+	mkdir -p $coredir
+	CORE_COLLECTOR=`grep ^core_collector $KDUMP_CONFIG_FILE | cut -d\  -f2`
+
+	if [[ -n $CORE_COLLECTOR ]]; then
+		# Utilize the core_collector option set in kdump.conf to produce a compressed crash dump.
+		CORE_COLLECTOR=`type -P $CORE_COLLECTOR`
+		$CORE_COLLECTOR /proc/vmcore $coredir/vmcore
+	else
+		# Resort to extracting the dmesg log from vmcore instead of compressing and filtering the vmcore.
+		# This should produce the minimum-sized output that can reliably fit in memory.
+		makedumpfile --dump-dmesg $coredir/vmcore $coredir/dmesg >/dev/null 2>&1
+	fi
+}
+
 rebuild_fadump_initrd()
 {
 	local target_initrd_tmp
@@ -243,7 +260,7 @@ check_config()
 		case "$config_opt" in
 		\#* | "")
 			;;
-		raw|ext2|ext3|ext4|minix|btrfs|xfs|nfs|ssh|sshkey|path|core_collector|kdump_post|kdump_pre|extra_bins|extra_modules|failure_action|default|final_action|force_rebuild|force_no_rebuild|dracut_args|fence_kdump_args|fence_kdump_nodes)
+		raw|ext2|ext3|ext4|minix|btrfs|xfs|nfs|ssh|sshkey|path|core_collector|kdump_post|kdump_pre|extra_bins|extra_modules|failure_action|default|final_action|force_rebuild|force_no_rebuild|dracut_args|fence_kdump_args|fence_kdump_nodes|save_core_to_ram)
 			# remove inline comments after the end of a directive.
 			[ -z "$config_val" ] && {
 				echo "Invalid kdump config value for option $config_opt."
@@ -1248,6 +1265,23 @@ main ()
 	case "$1" in
 	  start)
 		if [ -s /proc/vmcore ]; then
+			local _save_core_to_ram save_core_to_ram="0"
+			_save_core_to_ram=`grep ^save_core_to_ram $KDUMP_CONFIG_FILE 2>/dev/null`
+
+			if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+				save_core_to_ram=`echo $_save_core_to_ram | cut -d' '  -f2`
+
+				if [ "$save_core_to_ram" != "0" ] && [ "$save_core_to_ram" != "1" ]; then
+					echo "Error: save_core_to_ram value is invalid"
+					return 1
+				fi
+			fi
+
+			if [ "$save_core_to_ram" == "1" ]; then
+				save_compressed_core
+				exit 0
+			fi
+
 			save_core
 			reboot
 		else
diff --git a/SPECS/kexec-tools/kexec-tools.signatures.json b/SPECS/kexec-tools/kexec-tools.signatures.json
index cfc83937bd7..52d6e0d77c6 100644
--- a/SPECS/kexec-tools/kexec-tools.signatures.json
+++ b/SPECS/kexec-tools/kexec-tools.signatures.json
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
   "kdump-lib-initramfs.sh": "ff4b63f99470ee796fd7e4a532dde241c4da02909306926a08a172457775a92a",
   "kdump-lib.sh": "3d50507626d4a92b8448c7d6604923f6f460c4cb5c8b18977381a7d5e516dfba",
   "kdump-udev-throttler": "125d538a59172f779b40ea32fea1e4eb50d849f25eb2537a48328d4401136679",
-  "kdump.conf": "c4cd6c4a2f00e7df10d939bc2f35f8b6b8a3edd71245aa3ba0d7fff53d9f42e8",
+  "kdump.conf": "2e65b6237560286f74530e104ee6556387b5c08ced883b1bb0a443d1e6d3c0cb",
   "kdump.conf.5": "bab6c7b171f76e8c6df91bb7db852815caacbc3cd3d4309a1dc58d36950440e4",
   "kdump.service": "ed8d22fafa6cfafaddcfd9fec82e3fa7fa42aa0366f69676fafa97e200b0506a",
   "kdump.sysconfig": "d03a24659c08aa4ce5a8e54edbe64e149f8c572c76c4e338d84dbdfbeab8fb63",
   "kdump.sysconfig.aarch64": "a829f3a0f88d983ccec2782b048f12a2eafca71aac4dd42acac2eaea8f7dd8d9",
   "kdump.sysconfig.i386": "1175bcc11be49841d4b8c3f9612e68bb7b2e0e8f00067ffa782fd9dba04f821d",
   "kdump.sysconfig.x86_64": "850b3be780165d0721edb8d34b2ba28aafc60b29850ff627daf04190369e359c",
-  "kdumpctl": "34976fa2ca34a455f393d2ac212a628d73ba4113b44f0e819c3cb5b1195e504b",
+  "kdumpctl": "f681dbcdabbcc791e9839c3a349532081f1ccfb51b76ad6b2268f717a913fb47",
   "kdumpctl.8": "025a39d212eed0584da7c23c1bb50d6ab797a0fa3c686ac6b80391af875dbaec",
   "kexec-kdump-howto.txt": "e783390a9aa582a2b5e7981cd3277081385340b5873a3f0633c789811876eccb",
   "kexec-tools-2.0.27.tar.xz": "38d78bcfa33a88928324b57dc81f50c1dfc279eede45e80957ca18f4e84b8187",
diff --git a/SPECS/kexec-tools/kexec-tools.spec b/SPECS/kexec-tools/kexec-tools.spec
index 0594f600895..e3910e8c7f0 100644
--- a/SPECS/kexec-tools/kexec-tools.spec
+++ b/SPECS/kexec-tools/kexec-tools.spec
@@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ done
 /usr/share/makedumpfile/
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 31 2026 Nicholas Angelastro <nangelastro@microsoft.com> - 2.0.27-9
+- Support saving crash dumps on systems hosted in RAM
+
 * Tue Nov 11 2025 Mayank Singh <mayansingh@microsoft.com> - 2.0.27-8
 - Updated dependency handling for kexec-tools:
   Changed from hard dependency on a single package.