diff --git a/pkg/component/component.go b/pkg/component/component.go
index 90d66764f69..6fd5eb62735 100644
--- a/pkg/component/component.go
+++ b/pkg/component/component.go
@@ -529,9 +529,25 @@ func ValidateComponentCreateRequest(client *occlient.Client, componentSettings c
 		}
 	}
 
+	if err := ensureAndLogProperResourceUsage(*componentSettings.MinMemory, *componentSettings.MaxMemory, "memory"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := ensureAndLogProperResourceUsage(*componentSettings.MinCPU, *componentSettings.MaxCPU, "cpu"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	return
 }
 
+func ensureAndLogProperResourceUsage(resourceMin, resourceMax, resourceName string) error {
+	klog.V(4).Infof("Validating configured %v values", resourceName)
+	if (resourceMin == "") != (resourceMax == "") {
+		return fmt.Errorf("`min%s` should accompany `max%s` or use `odo config set %s` to use same value for both min and max or try not passing any of them\n", resourceName, resourceName, resourceName)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ApplyConfig applies the component config onto component dc
 // Parameters:
 //	client: occlient instance
diff --git a/pkg/odo/cli/config/set.go b/pkg/odo/cli/config/set.go
index b95deaaa81d..8a27db65be7 100644
--- a/pkg/odo/cli/config/set.go
+++ b/pkg/odo/cli/config/set.go
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ func isValidArgumentList(args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	switch param {
+	case "memory", "minmemory", "maxmemory", "cpu", "mincpu", "maxcpu":
+		err = validation.NonNegativeValidator(args[1])
+		return errors.Errorf("%s is invalid %v", param, err)
 	case "ports", "debugport":
 		err = validation.PortsValidator(args[1])
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/odo/util/validation/validators.go b/pkg/odo/util/validation/validators.go
index 36f9bc9d71f..ec3dbf43bff 100644
--- a/pkg/odo/util/validation/validators.go
+++ b/pkg/odo/util/validation/validators.go
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ package validation
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/openshift/odo/pkg/util"
-	"gopkg.in/AlecAivazis/survey.v1"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/openshift/odo/pkg/util"
+	"gopkg.in/AlecAivazis/survey.v1"
 )
 
 // NameValidator provides a Validator view of the ValidateName function.
@@ -40,6 +41,16 @@ func IntegerValidator(ans interface{}) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("don't know how to convert %v into an integer", ans)
 }
 
+// NonNegativeValidator validates whether the given value is not negative or not
+func NonNegativeValidator(arg interface{}) error {
+	if s, ok := arg.(string); ok {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(s, "-") {
+			return fmt.Errorf("negative value is not acceptable")
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // PathValidator validates whether the given path exists on the file system
 func PathValidator(path interface{}) error {
 	if s, ok := path.(string); ok {