diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b31e68..35e2fd1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ More detailed instructions are in the [`example README.md`](https://github.com/R
 | **command** | string | no | Command to override command defined in the image. |
 | **args** | []string | no | Arguments to the command. |
 | **privileged** | bool | no | Run container in privileged mode. Your container will have all linux capabilities when running in privileged mode. |
+| **seccomp** | bool | no | Enable default seccomp profile. List of [`allowed syscalls`](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/master/contrib/seccomp/seccomp_default.go#L51-L390). |
 | **readonly_rootfs** | bool | no | Container root filesystem will be read-only. |
 | **host_network** | bool | no | Enable host network. This is equivalent to `--net=host` in docker. |
 | **cap_add** | []string | no | Add individual capabilities. |
diff --git a/containerd/containerd.go b/containerd/containerd.go
index 3f9fad2..1a54b6b 100644
--- a/containerd/containerd.go
+++ b/containerd/containerd.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/cio"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/contrib/seccomp"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/oci"
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 )
@@ -65,6 +66,12 @@ func (d *Driver) createContainer(image containerd.Image, containerName, containe
 		opts = append(opts, oci.WithPrivileged)
 	}
 
+	// Enable default seccomp profile.
+	// Allowed syscalls for the default seccomp profile: https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/master/contrib/seccomp/seccomp_default.go#L51-L390
+	if config.Seccomp {
+		opts = append(opts, seccomp.WithDefaultProfile())
+	}
+
 	// Launch container in read-only mode.
 	if config.ReadOnlyRootfs {
 		opts = append(opts, oci.WithRootFSReadonly())
diff --git a/containerd/driver.go b/containerd/driver.go
index 17157d0..f14a95a 100644
--- a/containerd/driver.go
+++ b/containerd/driver.go
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ var (
 		"cap_drop":        hclspec.NewAttr("cap_drop", "list(string)", false),
 		"devices":         hclspec.NewAttr("devices", "list(string)", false),
 		"privileged":      hclspec.NewAttr("privileged", "bool", false),
+		"seccomp":         hclspec.NewAttr("seccomp", "bool", false),
 		"readonly_rootfs": hclspec.NewAttr("readonly_rootfs", "bool", false),
 		"host_network":    hclspec.NewAttr("host_network", "bool", false),
 		"mounts": hclspec.NewBlockList("mounts", hclspec.NewObject(map[string]*hclspec.Spec{
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ type TaskConfig struct {
 	CapAdd         []string `codec:"cap_add"`
 	CapDrop        []string `codec:"cap_drop"`
 	Devices        []string `codec:"devices"`
+	Seccomp        bool     `codec:"seccomp"`
 	Privileged     bool     `codec:"privileged"`
 	ReadOnlyRootfs bool     `codec:"readonly_rootfs"`
 	HostNetwork    bool     `codec:"host_network"`
diff --git a/example/redis.nomad b/example/redis.nomad
index 4795e15..0a37653 100644
--- a/example/redis.nomad
+++ b/example/redis.nomad
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ job "redis" {
       driver = "containerd-driver"
 
       config {
-        image = "docker.io/library/redis:alpine"
+        image   = "docker.io/library/redis:alpine"
+        seccomp = true
       }
 
       resources {
diff --git a/tests/001-test-redis.sh b/tests/001-test-redis.sh
index b2daa72..f16557f 100755
--- a/tests/001-test-redis.sh
+++ b/tests/001-test-redis.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ test_redis_nomad_job() {
         exit 1
     fi
 
+    echo "INFO: Check if default seccomp is enabled."
+    output=$(nomad alloc exec -job redis cat /proc/1/status | grep Seccomp)
+    seccomp_code=$(echo $output|cut -d' ' -f2)
+    if [ $seccomp_code != "2" ]; then
+       echo "ERROR: default seccomp is not enabled."
+       exit 1
+    fi
+
     echo "INFO: Stopping nomad redis job."
     nomad job stop redis
     redis_status=$(nomad job status -short redis|grep Status|awk '{split($0,a,"="); print a[2]}'|tr -d ' ')