diff --git a/limit.go b/limit.go
index 0cda52b..c3a0deb 100644
--- a/limit.go
+++ b/limit.go
@@ -8,10 +8,27 @@ import (
 
 // Limit is an object that specifies basic resource limits.
 type Limit interface {
+	// GetMemoryLimit returns the (current) memory limit.
 	GetMemoryLimit() int64
+	// GetStreamLimit returns the stream limit, for inbound or outbound streams.
 	GetStreamLimit(network.Direction) int
+	// GetConnLimit returns the connection limit, for inbound or outbound connections.
 	GetConnLimit(network.Direction) int
+	// GetFDLimit returns the file descriptor limit.
 	GetFDLimit() int
+
+	// WithMemoryLimit creates a copy of this limit object, with memory limit adjusted to
+	// the specified memFraction of its current value, bounded by minMemory and maxMemory.
+	WithMemoryLimit(memFraction float64, minMemory, maxMemory int64) Limit
+	// WithStreamLimit creates a copy of this limit object, with stream limits adjusted
+	// as specified.
+	WithStreamLimit(numStreamsIn, numStreamsOut int) Limit
+	// WithConnLimit creates a copy of this limit object, with connetion limits adjusted
+	// as specified.
+	WithConnLimit(numConnsIn, numConnsOut int) Limit
+	// WithFDLimit creates a copy of this limit object, with file descriptor limits adjusted
+	// as specified
+	WithFDLimit(numFD int) Limit
 }
 
 // Limiter is the interface for providing limits to the resource manager.
diff --git a/limit_dynamic.go b/limit_dynamic.go
index 99c849a..08ad934 100644
--- a/limit_dynamic.go
+++ b/limit_dynamic.go
@@ -38,6 +38,46 @@ func (l *DynamicLimit) GetMemoryLimit() int64 {
 	return limit
 }
 
+func (l *DynamicLimit) WithMemoryLimit(memFraction float64, minMemory, maxMemory int64) Limit {
+	r := new(DynamicLimit)
+	*r = *l
+
+	r.MemoryFraction *= memFraction
+	r.MinMemory = minMemory
+	r.MaxMemory = maxMemory
+
+	return r
+}
+
+func (l *DynamicLimit) WithStreamLimit(numStreamsIn, numStreamsOut int) Limit {
+	r := new(DynamicLimit)
+	*r = *l
+
+	r.BaseLimit.StreamsInbound = numStreamsIn
+	r.BaseLimit.StreamsOutbound = numStreamsOut
+
+	return r
+}
+
+func (l *DynamicLimit) WithConnLimit(numConnsIn, numConnsOut int) Limit {
+	r := new(DynamicLimit)
+	*r = *l
+
+	r.BaseLimit.ConnsInbound = numConnsIn
+	r.BaseLimit.ConnsOutbound = numConnsOut
+
+	return r
+}
+
+func (l *DynamicLimit) WithFDLimit(numFD int) Limit {
+	r := new(DynamicLimit)
+	*r = *l
+
+	r.BaseLimit.FD = numFD
+
+	return r
+}
+
 // NewDynamicLimiter creates a limiter with default limits and a memory cap dynamically computed
 // based on available memory. minMemory and maxMemory specify the system memory bounds,
 // while memFraction specifies the fraction of available memory available for the system, within
diff --git a/limit_static.go b/limit_static.go
index 7cf076a..8a1010e 100644
--- a/limit_static.go
+++ b/limit_static.go
@@ -16,6 +16,49 @@ func (l *StaticLimit) GetMemoryLimit() int64 {
 	return l.Memory
 }
 
+func (l *StaticLimit) WithMemoryLimit(memFraction float64, minMemory, maxMemory int64) Limit {
+	r := new(StaticLimit)
+	*r = *l
+
+	r.Memory = int64(memFraction * float64(r.Memory))
+	if r.Memory < minMemory {
+		r.Memory = minMemory
+	} else if r.Memory > maxMemory {
+		r.Memory = maxMemory
+	}
+
+	return r
+}
+
+func (l *StaticLimit) WithStreamLimit(numStreamsIn, numStreamsOut int) Limit {
+	r := new(StaticLimit)
+	*r = *l
+
+	r.BaseLimit.StreamsInbound = numStreamsIn
+	r.BaseLimit.StreamsOutbound = numStreamsOut
+
+	return r
+}
+
+func (l *StaticLimit) WithConnLimit(numConnsIn, numConnsOut int) Limit {
+	r := new(StaticLimit)
+	*r = *l
+
+	r.BaseLimit.ConnsInbound = numConnsIn
+	r.BaseLimit.ConnsOutbound = numConnsOut
+
+	return r
+}
+
+func (l *StaticLimit) WithFDLimit(numFD int) Limit {
+	r := new(StaticLimit)
+	*r = *l
+
+	r.BaseLimit.FD = numFD
+
+	return r
+}
+
 // NewStaticLimiter creates a limiter with default base limits and a system memory cap specified as
 // a fraction of total system memory. The assigned memory will not be less than minMemory or more
 // than maxMemory.