diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-yocto/conf/local.conf.sample
index 23af275e16..200b4afc86 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-yocto/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -205,6 +205,22 @@ USER_CLASSES ?= "buildstats image-mklibs image-prelink"
 # By default disable interactive patch resolution (tasks will just fail instead):
 PATCHRESOLVE = "noop"
 
+#
+# Disk Space Monitoring during the build
+#
+# Monitor the disk space during the build. If there is less that 1GB of space or less
+# than 100K inodes in any key build location (TMPDIR, DL_DIR, SSTATE_DIR), gracefully
+# shutdown the build. If there is less that 100MB or 1K inodes, perform a hard abort
+# of the build. The reason for this is that running completely out of space can corrupt
+# files and damages the build in ways which may not be easily recoverable.
+BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "\
+    STOPTASKS,${TMPDIR},1G,100K \
+    STOPTASKS,${DL_DIR},1G,100K \
+    STOPTASKS,${SSTATE_DIR},1G,100K \
+    ABORT,${TMPDIR},100M,1K \
+    ABORT,${DL_DIR},100M,1K \
+    ABORT,${SSTATE_DIR},100M,1K" 
+
 #
 # Shared-state files from other locations
 #