diff --git a/containerd/containerd.go b/containerd/containerd.go
index 5a10af1..75d781a 100644
--- a/containerd/containerd.go
+++ b/containerd/containerd.go
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ func (d *Driver) pullImage(imageName string) (containerd.Image, error) {
 	return d.client.Pull(d.ctxContainerd, imageName, containerd.WithPullUnpack)
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) createContainer(image containerd.Image, containerName, containerSnapshotName string) (containerd.Container, error) {
+func (d *Driver) createContainer(image containerd.Image, containerName, containerSnapshotName, containerdRuntime string) (containerd.Container, error) {
 	return d.client.NewContainer(
 		d.ctxContainerd,
 		containerName,
+		containerd.WithRuntime(containerdRuntime, nil),
 		containerd.WithNewSnapshot(containerSnapshotName, image),
 		containerd.WithNewSpec(oci.WithImageConfig(image)),
 	)
diff --git a/containerd/driver.go b/containerd/driver.go
index b70a7bf..87939ef 100644
--- a/containerd/driver.go
+++ b/containerd/driver.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ var (
 			hclspec.NewAttr("enabled", "bool", false),
 			hclspec.NewLiteral("true"),
 		),
+		"containerd_runtime": hclspec.NewAttr("containerd_runtime", "string", true),
 	})
 
 	// taskConfigSpec is the specification of the plugin's configuration for
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ var (
 
 // Config contains configuration information for the plugin
 type Config struct {
-	Enabled bool `codec:"enabled"`
+	Enabled           bool   `codec:"enabled"`
+	ContainerdRuntime string `codec:"containerd_runtime"`
 }
 
 // TaskConfig contains configuration information for a task that runs with
@@ -289,9 +291,10 @@ func (d *Driver) StartTask(cfg *drivers.TaskConfig) (*drivers.TaskHandle, *drive
 	}
 
 	d.logger.Info("Successfully pulled %s image\n", image.Name())
+	d.logger.Info("Containerd runtime: %s\n", d.config.ContainerdRuntime)
 
 	containerSnapshotName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-snapshot", containerName)
-	container, err := d.createContainer(image, containerName, containerSnapshotName)
+	container, err := d.createContainer(image, containerName, containerSnapshotName, d.config.ContainerdRuntime)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Error in creating container: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/example/agent.hcl b/example/agent.hcl
index 9f4a1e2..ce86e6c 100644
--- a/example/agent.hcl
+++ b/example/agent.hcl
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ log_level = "INFO"
 plugin "containerd-driver" {
   config {
     enabled = true
+    containerd_runtime = "io.containerd.runtime.v1.linux"
   }
 }