diff --git a/src/tools/runk/Cargo.lock b/src/tools/runk/Cargo.lock
index ed239100af..f653ba9ccb 100644
--- a/src/tools/runk/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/tools/runk/Cargo.lock
@@ -438,6 +438,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-next"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b98cf8ebf19c3d1b223e151f99a4f9f0690dca41414773390fc824184ac833e1"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "dirs-sys-next",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-sys"
 version = "0.3.7"
@@ -449,6 +459,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys-next"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ebda144c4fe02d1f7ea1a7d9641b6fc6b580adcfa024ae48797ecdeb6825b4d"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "redox_users",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.6.1"
@@ -774,6 +795,7 @@ checksum = "1aab8fc367588b89dcee83ab0fd66b72b50b72fa1904d7095045ace2b0c81c35"
 name = "kata-sys-util"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "byteorder",
  "cgroups-rs",
  "chrono",
@@ -911,6 +933,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "slog-async",
  "slog-json",
  "slog-scope",
+ "slog-term",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1512,6 +1535,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "zbus",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustversion"
+version = "1.0.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7ffc183a10b4478d04cbbbfc96d0873219d962dd5accaff2ffbd4ceb7df837f4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.9"
@@ -1659,6 +1688,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "slog",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "slog-term"
+version = "2.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "87d29185c55b7b258b4f120eab00f48557d4d9bc814f41713f449d35b0f8977c"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "slog",
+ "term",
+ "thread_local",
+ "time 0.3.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -1748,6 +1790,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "term"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c59df8ac95d96ff9bede18eb7300b0fda5e5d8d90960e76f8e14ae765eedbf1f"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-next",
+ "rustversion",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "termcolor"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -1819,8 +1872,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "libc",
  "num_threads",
+ "time-macros",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "time-macros"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "42657b1a6f4d817cda8e7a0ace261fe0cc946cf3a80314390b22cc61ae080792"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "1.28.1"
diff --git a/src/tools/runk/libcontainer/src/container.rs b/src/tools/runk/libcontainer/src/container.rs
index 49f57a019b..f8ddcdfe5f 100644
--- a/src/tools/runk/libcontainer/src/container.rs
+++ b/src/tools/runk/libcontainer/src/container.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,11 @@ impl Container {
                     "container {} can't be killed because it is {:?}",
                     self.status.id,
                     self.state
-                ));
+                )
+                // This error message mustn't be chagned because the containerd integration tests
+                // expect that OCI container runtimes return the message.
+                // Ref. https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/release/1.7/pkg/process/utils.go#L135
+                .context("container not running"));
             }
 
             let pid = Pid::from_raw(self.status.pid);