diff --git a/src/libs/kata-types/src/annotations/mod.rs b/src/libs/kata-types/src/annotations/mod.rs
index f44834486..f1b3d1a97 100644
--- a/src/libs/kata-types/src/annotations/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libs/kata-types/src/annotations/mod.rs
@@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ pub const KATA_ANNO_CFG_DISABLE_NEW_NETNS: &str =
 pub const KATA_ANNO_CFG_VFIO_MODE: &str = "io.katacontainers.config.runtime.vfio_mode";
 /// An annotation to declare shared mount points, which is a set of mount points that directly share mounted objects between containers.
 pub const KATA_ANNO_CFG_SHARED_MOUNTS: &str = "io.katacontainers.config.runtime.shared_mounts";
+/// An annotation to set timeout value in second when do create container
+pub const KATA_ANNO_CFG_RUNTIME_CREATE_CONTAINTER_TIMEOUT: &str =
+    "io.katacontainers.config.runtime.create_container_timeout";
 
 /// A sandbox annotation used to specify prefetch_files.list host path container image
 /// being used,
@@ -989,6 +992,14 @@ impl Annotation {
                             return Err(u32_err);
                         }
                     },
+                    KATA_ANNO_CFG_RUNTIME_CREATE_CONTAINTER_TIMEOUT => match self.get_value::<u32>(key) {
+                        Ok(v) => {
+                            ag.request_timeout_ms = v.unwrap_or_default() * 1000;
+                        }
+                        Err(_e) => {
+                            return Err(u32_err);
+                        }
+                    },
                     // update runtime config
                     KATA_ANNO_CFG_RUNTIME_NAME => {
                         let runtime = vec!["virt-container", "linux-container", "wasm-container"];