diff --git a/containerd/containerd.go b/containerd/containerd.go
index d8be647..0735e90 100644
--- a/containerd/containerd.go
+++ b/containerd/containerd.go
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ func (d *Driver) createContainer(containerConfig *ContainerConfig, config *TaskC
 		opts = append(opts, oci.WithDroppedCapabilities(config.CapDrop))
 	}
 
+	// Set current working directory (cwd).
+	if config.Cwd != "" {
+		opts = append(opts, oci.WithProcessCwd(config.Cwd))
+	}
+
 	// Set environment variables.
 	opts = append(opts, oci.WithEnv(containerConfig.Env))
 
diff --git a/containerd/driver.go b/containerd/driver.go
index 4aaa086..35d7826 100644
--- a/containerd/driver.go
+++ b/containerd/driver.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ var (
 		"args":       hclspec.NewAttr("args", "list(string)", false),
 		"cap_add":    hclspec.NewAttr("cap_add", "list(string)", false),
 		"cap_drop":   hclspec.NewAttr("cap_drop", "list(string)", false),
+		"cwd":        hclspec.NewAttr("cwd", "string", false),
 		"devices":    hclspec.NewAttr("devices", "list(string)", false),
 		"privileged": hclspec.NewAttr("privileged", "bool", false),
 		"host_dns": hclspec.NewDefault(
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ type TaskConfig struct {
 	Args           []string `codec:"args"`
 	CapAdd         []string `codec:"cap_add"`
 	CapDrop        []string `codec:"cap_drop"`
+	Cwd            string   `codec:"cwd"`
 	Devices        []string `codec:"devices"`
 	Seccomp        bool     `codec:"seccomp"`
 	SeccompProfile string   `codec:"seccomp_profile"`