diff --git a/src/agent/rustjail/src/lib.rs b/src/agent/rustjail/src/lib.rs
index 6f96d18c2d..9ca124b1f2 100644
--- a/src/agent/rustjail/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/agent/rustjail/src/lib.rs
@@ -154,12 +154,15 @@ fn hook_grpc_to_oci(h: &[grpcHook]) -> Vec<oci::Hook> {
 fn hooks_grpc_to_oci(h: &grpc::Hooks) -> oci::Hooks {
     let prestart = hook_grpc_to_oci(h.Prestart.as_ref());
 
+    let create_runtime = hook_grpc_to_oci(h.CreateRuntime.as_ref());
+
     let poststart = hook_grpc_to_oci(h.Poststart.as_ref());
 
     let poststop = hook_grpc_to_oci(h.Poststop.as_ref());
 
     oci::Hooks {
         prestart,
+        create_runtime,
         poststart,
         poststop,
     }
@@ -860,6 +863,7 @@ mod tests {
                         env: Vec::from([String::from("env1"), String::from("env2")]),
                         timeout: Some(10),
                     }]),
+                    ..Default::default()
                 },
             },
             TestData {
@@ -908,6 +912,7 @@ mod tests {
                         env: Vec::from([String::from("env1"), String::from("env2")]),
                         timeout: Some(10),
                     }]),
+                    ..Default::default()
                 },
             },
         ];
diff --git a/src/dragonball/src/api/v1/instance_info.rs b/src/dragonball/src/api/v1/instance_info.rs
index 86174a2fd7..45d03b4144 100644
--- a/src/dragonball/src/api/v1/instance_info.rs
+++ b/src/dragonball/src/api/v1/instance_info.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ pub struct InstanceInfo {
     pub vmm_version: String,
     /// The pid of the current VMM process.
     pub pid: u32,
+    /// The tid of the current VMM master thread.
+    pub master_tid: u32,
     /// The state of async actions.
     pub async_state: AsyncState,
     /// List of tids of vcpu threads (vcpu index, tid)
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ impl InstanceInfo {
             state: InstanceState::Uninitialized,
             vmm_version,
             pid: std::process::id(),
+            master_tid: 0,
             async_state: AsyncState::Uninitialized,
             tids: Vec::new(),
             last_instance_downtime: 0,
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ impl Default for InstanceInfo {
             state: InstanceState::Uninitialized,
             vmm_version: env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string(),
             pid: std::process::id(),
+            master_tid: 0,
             async_state: AsyncState::Uninitialized,
             tids: Vec::new(),
             last_instance_downtime: 0,
diff --git a/src/libs/oci/src/lib.rs b/src/libs/oci/src/lib.rs
index 3bcaefa162..7a31662a11 100644
--- a/src/libs/oci/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libs/oci/src/lib.rs
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ pub struct Hooks {
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub prestart: Vec<Hook>,
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
+    pub create_runtime: Vec<Hook>,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub poststart: Vec<Hook>,
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub poststop: Vec<Hook>,
@@ -1401,6 +1403,7 @@ mod tests {
                     env: vec![],
                     timeout: None,
                 }],
+                ..Default::default()
             }),
             annotations: [
                 ("com.example.key1".to_string(), "value1".to_string()),
diff --git a/src/libs/protocols/protos/oci.proto b/src/libs/protocols/protos/oci.proto
index aa0db01238..43dea0657e 100644
--- a/src/libs/protocols/protos/oci.proto
+++ b/src/libs/protocols/protos/oci.proto
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ message Hooks {
 
 	// Poststop is a list of hooks to be run after the container process exits.
 	repeated Hook Poststop = 3  [(gogoproto.nullable) = false];
+
+	// Createruntime is a list of hooks to be run during the creation of runtime(sandbox).
+	repeated Hook CreateRuntime = 4  [(gogoproto.nullable) = false];
 }
 
 message Hook {
diff --git a/src/libs/protocols/src/trans.rs b/src/libs/protocols/src/trans.rs
index c6f0c64f03..3c1aa6f66a 100644
--- a/src/libs/protocols/src/trans.rs
+++ b/src/libs/protocols/src/trans.rs
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ impl From<oci::Hooks> for crate::oci::Hooks {
     fn from(from: Hooks) -> Self {
         crate::oci::Hooks {
             Prestart: from_vec(from.prestart),
+            CreateRuntime: from_vec(from.create_runtime),
             Poststart: from_vec(from.poststart),
             Poststop: from_vec(from.poststop),
             unknown_fields: Default::default(),
@@ -974,6 +975,10 @@ impl From<crate::oci::Hooks> for oci::Hooks {
         for hook in from.take_Prestart().to_vec() {
             prestart.push(hook.into())
         }
+        let mut create_runtime = Vec::new();
+        for hook in from.take_CreateRuntime().to_vec() {
+            create_runtime.push(hook.into())
+        }
         let mut poststart = Vec::new();
         for hook in from.take_Poststart().to_vec() {
             poststart.push(hook.into());
@@ -984,6 +989,7 @@ impl From<crate::oci::Hooks> for oci::Hooks {
         }
         oci::Hooks {
             prestart,
+            create_runtime,
             poststart,
             poststop,
         }
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock b/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock
index fbff64e875..9ba66e7641 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -1703,6 +1703,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "libc",
+ "memoffset 0.6.5",
+ "pin-utils",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2428,12 +2430,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper",
  "hyperlocal",
  "hypervisor",
+ "kata-sys-util",
  "kata-types",
  "lazy_static",
  "linux_container",
  "logging",
+ "nix 0.25.1",
  "oci",
  "persist",
+ "serde_json",
  "shim-interface",
  "slog",
  "slog-scope",
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/inner_hypervisor.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/inner_hypervisor.rs
index 8eea6f4666..9cd05de914 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/inner_hypervisor.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/inner_hypervisor.rs
@@ -472,6 +472,10 @@ impl CloudHypervisorInner {
         Ok(Vec::<u32>::new())
     }
 
+    pub(crate) async fn get_vmm_master_tid(&self) -> Result<u32> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
     pub(crate) async fn check(&self) -> Result<()> {
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/mod.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/mod.rs
index 8e754415d7..7805d26015 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/mod.rs
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ impl Hypervisor for CloudHypervisor {
         inner.get_pids().await
     }
 
+    async fn get_vmm_master_tid(&self) -> Result<u32> {
+        let inner = self.inner.read().await;
+        inner.get_vmm_master_tid().await
+    }
+
     async fn check(&self) -> Result<()> {
         let inner = self.inner.read().await;
         inner.check().await
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/inner_hypervisor.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/inner_hypervisor.rs
index d4d75e6efa..fc3bea7a57 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/inner_hypervisor.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/inner_hypervisor.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ impl DragonballInner {
         Ok(Vec::from_iter(pids.into_iter()))
     }
 
+    pub(crate) async fn get_vmm_master_tid(&self) -> Result<u32> {
+        let master_tid = self.vmm_instance.get_vmm_master_tid();
+        Ok(master_tid)
+    }
+
     pub(crate) async fn check(&self) -> Result<()> {
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/mod.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/mod.rs
index 2886043c83..d096abf544 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/mod.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ impl Hypervisor for Dragonball {
         inner.get_pids().await
     }
 
+    async fn get_vmm_master_tid(&self) -> Result<u32> {
+        let inner = self.inner.read().await;
+        inner.get_vmm_master_tid().await
+    }
+
     async fn check(&self) -> Result<()> {
         let inner = self.inner.read().await;
         inner.check().await
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/vmm_instance.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/vmm_instance.rs
index f0d613938d..8e7d6332fd 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/vmm_instance.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/dragonball/vmm_instance.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ impl VmmInstance {
         share_info_lock.write().unwrap().id = String::from(id);
     }
 
+    pub fn get_vmm_master_tid(&self) -> u32 {
+        let info = self.vmm_shared_info.clone();
+        let result = info.read().unwrap().master_tid;
+        result
+    }
+
     pub fn get_vcpu_tids(&self) -> Vec<(u8, u32)> {
         let info = self.vmm_shared_info.clone();
         let result = info.read().unwrap().tids.clone();
@@ -103,6 +109,7 @@ impl VmmInstance {
             Some(kvm.into_raw_fd()),
         )
         .expect("Failed to start vmm");
+        let vmm_shared_info = self.get_shared_info();
 
         self.vmm_thread = Some(
             thread::Builder::new()
@@ -110,6 +117,9 @@ impl VmmInstance {
                 .spawn(move || {
                     || -> Result<i32> {
                         debug!(sl!(), "run vmm thread start");
+                        let cur_tid = nix::unistd::gettid().as_raw() as u32;
+                        vmm_shared_info.write().unwrap().master_tid = cur_tid;
+
                         if let Some(netns_path) = netns {
                             info!(sl!(), "set netns for vmm master {}", &netns_path);
                             let netns_fd = File::open(&netns_path)
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/lib.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
index 3c417f195e..e7f18e513b 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ pub trait Hypervisor: Send + Sync {
     async fn hypervisor_config(&self) -> HypervisorConfig;
     async fn get_thread_ids(&self) -> Result<VcpuThreadIds>;
     async fn get_pids(&self) -> Result<Vec<u32>>;
+    async fn get_vmm_master_tid(&self) -> Result<u32>;
     async fn cleanup(&self) -> Result<()>;
     async fn check(&self) -> Result<()>;
     async fn get_jailer_root(&self) -> Result<String>;
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/inner.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/inner.rs
index e298e801bd..995a9c5908 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/inner.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/inner.rs
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ impl QemuInner {
         todo!()
     }
 
+    pub(crate) async fn get_vmm_master_tid(&self) -> Result<u32> {
+        info!(sl!(), "QemuInner::get_vmm_master_tid()");
+        todo!()
+    }
+
     pub(crate) async fn cleanup(&self) -> Result<()> {
         info!(sl!(), "QemuInner::cleanup()");
         todo!()
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/mod.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/mod.rs
index 6df3869236..0192e2a8e9 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/mod.rs
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ impl Hypervisor for Qemu {
         inner.get_thread_ids().await
     }
 
+    async fn get_vmm_master_tid(&self) -> Result<u32> {
+        let inner = self.inner.read().await;
+        inner.get_vmm_master_tid().await
+    }
+
     async fn cleanup(&self) -> Result<()> {
         let inner = self.inner.read().await;
         inner.cleanup().await
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/Cargo.toml b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/Cargo.toml
index 6ff6b71a1d..142c44ed0c 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,9 +13,12 @@ slog-scope = "4.4.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.8.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
 hyper = { version = "0.14.20", features = ["stream", "server", "http1"] }
 hyperlocal = "0.8"
+serde_json = "1.0.88"
+nix = "0.25.0"
 
 common = { path = "./common" }
 kata-types = { path = "../../../libs/kata-types" }
+kata-sys-util = { path = "../../../libs/kata-sys-util" }
 logging = { path = "../../../libs/logging"}
 oci = { path = "../../../libs/oci" }
 shim-interface = { path = "../../../libs/shim-interface" }
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/Cargo.toml b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/Cargo.toml
index 00eb64825d..78a640e95d 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ agent = { path = "../../agent" }
 kata-sys-util = { path = "../../../../libs/kata-sys-util" }
 kata-types = { path = "../../../../libs/kata-types" }
 oci = { path = "../../../../libs/oci" }
+
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/src/sandbox.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/src/sandbox.rs
index 4a5e49cba8..56dc95087e 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/src/sandbox.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/common/src/sandbox.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ pub trait Sandbox: Send + Sync {
     // agent function
     async fn agent_sock(&self) -> Result<String>;
 
+    // hypervisor function
+    async fn get_vmm_master_tid(&self) -> Result<u32>;
+
     // utils
     async fn set_iptables(&self, is_ipv6: bool, data: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Vec<u8>>;
     async fn get_iptables(&self, is_ipv6: bool) -> Result<Vec<u8>>;
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/src/manager.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/src/manager.rs
index 49193cb5c8..ba2b0b0b06 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/src/manager.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/src/manager.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ use hypervisor::Param;
 use kata_types::{
     annotations::Annotation, config::default::DEFAULT_GUEST_DNS_FILE, config::TomlConfig,
 };
+use kata_sys_util::hooks::HookStates;
+
 #[cfg(feature = "linux")]
 use linux_container::LinuxContainer;
 use persist::sandbox_persist::Persist;
@@ -81,7 +83,12 @@ impl RuntimeHandlerManagerInner {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    async fn try_init(&mut self, spec: &oci::Spec, options: &Option<Vec<u8>>) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn try_init(
+        &mut self,
+        spec: &oci::Spec,
+        state: &oci::State,
+        options: &Option<Vec<u8>>,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
         // return if runtime instance has init
         if self.runtime_instance.is_some() {
             return Ok(());
@@ -125,6 +132,35 @@ impl RuntimeHandlerManagerInner {
             .await
             .context("init runtime handler")?;
 
+        let mut st = state.clone();
+        if let Some(runtime_instance) = self.runtime_instance.clone() {
+            let vmm_master_tid = runtime_instance
+                .sandbox
+                .get_vmm_master_tid()
+                .await
+                .context("get vmm master tid")?;
+            st.pid = vmm_master_tid as i32;
+        }
+
+        // Prestart Hooks [DEPRECATED in newest oci spec]:
+        // * should be run in runtime namespace
+        // * should be run after vm is started, but before container is created
+        //      if Prestart Hook and CreateRuntime Hook are both supported
+        // * spec details: https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/blob/c1662686cff159595277b79322d0272f5182941b/config.md#prestart
+        if let Some(hooks) = spec.hooks.as_ref() {
+            let mut prestart_hook_states = HookStates::new();
+            prestart_hook_states.execute_hooks(&hooks.prestart, Some(st.clone()))?
+        }
+
+        // CreateRuntime Hooks:
+        // * should be run in runtime namespace
+        // * should be run when creating the runtime
+        // * spec details: https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/blob/c1662686cff159595277b79322d0272f5182941b/config.md#createruntime-hooks
+        if let Some(hooks) = spec.hooks.as_ref() {
+            let mut create_runtime_hook_states = HookStates::new();
+            create_runtime_hook_states.execute_hooks(&hooks.create_runtime, Some(st.clone()))?
+        }
+
         // the sandbox creation can reach here only once and the sandbox is created
         // so we can safely create the shim management socket right now
         // the unwrap here is safe because the runtime handler is correctly created
@@ -207,10 +243,11 @@ impl RuntimeHandlerManager {
     async fn try_init_runtime_instance(
         &self,
         spec: &oci::Spec,
+        state: &oci::State,
         options: &Option<Vec<u8>>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         let mut inner = self.inner.write().await;
-        inner.try_init(spec, options).await
+        inner.try_init(spec, state, options).await
     }
 
     pub async fn handler_message(&self, req: Request) -> Result<Response> {
@@ -222,8 +259,16 @@ impl RuntimeHandlerManager {
                 oci::OCI_SPEC_CONFIG_FILE_NAME
             );
             let spec = oci::Spec::load(&bundler_path).context("load spec")?;
+            let state = oci::State {
+                version: spec.version.clone(),
+                id: container_config.container_id.to_string(),
+                status: oci::ContainerState::Creating,
+                pid: 0,
+                bundle: bundler_path,
+                annotations: spec.annotations.clone(),
+            };
 
-            self.try_init_runtime_instance(&spec, &container_config.options)
+            self.try_init_runtime_instance(&spec, &state, &container_config.options)
                 .await
                 .context("try init runtime instance")?;
             let instance = self
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container/src/container_manager/container.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container/src/container_manager/container.rs
index 93ff1a4997..3289b4f293 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container/src/container_manager/container.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container/src/container_manager/container.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ pub struct Container {
     pid: u32,
     pub container_id: ContainerID,
     config: ContainerConfig,
+    spec: oci::Spec,
     inner: Arc<RwLock<ContainerInner>>,
     agent: Arc<dyn Agent>,
     resource_manager: Arc<ResourceManager>,
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ impl Container {
     pub fn new(
         pid: u32,
         config: ContainerConfig,
+        spec: oci::Spec,
         agent: Arc<dyn Agent>,
         resource_manager: Arc<ResourceManager>,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ impl Container {
             pid,
             container_id,
             config,
+            spec,
             inner: Arc::new(RwLock::new(ContainerInner::new(
                 agent.clone(),
                 init_process,
@@ -382,6 +385,14 @@ impl Container {
             .context("agent update container")?;
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    pub async fn config(&self) -> ContainerConfig {
+        self.config.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub async fn spec(&self) -> oci::Spec {
+        self.spec.clone()
+    }
 }
 
 fn amend_spec(spec: &mut oci::Spec, disable_guest_seccomp: bool) -> Result<()> {
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container/src/container_manager/manager.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container/src/container_manager/manager.rs
index ba73c17d56..326614e9b3 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container/src/container_manager/manager.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container/src/container_manager/manager.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@
 //
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
-
+use async_trait::async_trait;
 use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
 
 use agent::Agent;
-use async_trait::async_trait;
 use common::{
     error::Error,
     types::{
@@ -19,10 +18,13 @@ use common::{
     },
     ContainerManager,
 };
+use hypervisor::Hypervisor;
 use oci::Process as OCIProcess;
 use resource::ResourceManager;
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 
+use kata_sys_util::hooks::HookStates;
+
 use super::{logger_with_process, Container};
 
 pub struct VirtContainerManager {
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ pub struct VirtContainerManager {
     containers: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, Container>>>,
     resource_manager: Arc<ResourceManager>,
     agent: Arc<dyn Agent>,
+    hypervisor: Arc<dyn Hypervisor>,
 }
 
 impl VirtContainerManager {
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@ impl VirtContainerManager {
         sid: &str,
         pid: u32,
         agent: Arc<dyn Agent>,
+        hypervisor: Arc<dyn Hypervisor>,
         resource_manager: Arc<ResourceManager>,
     ) -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ impl VirtContainerManager {
             containers: Default::default(),
             resource_manager,
             agent,
+            hypervisor,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -56,6 +61,7 @@ impl ContainerManager for VirtContainerManager {
         let container = Container::new(
             self.pid,
             config,
+            spec.clone(),
             self.agent.clone(),
             self.resource_manager.clone(),
         )
@@ -87,6 +93,26 @@ impl ContainerManager for VirtContainerManager {
                 let c = containers
                     .remove(container_id)
                     .ok_or_else(|| Error::ContainerNotFound(container_id.to_string()))?;
+
+                // Poststop Hooks:
+                // * should be run in runtime namespace
+                // * should be run after the container is deleted but before delete operation returns
+                // * spec details: https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/blob/c1662686cff159595277b79322d0272f5182941b/config.md#poststop
+                let c_spec = c.spec().await;
+                let vmm_master_tid = self.hypervisor.get_vmm_master_tid().await?;
+                let state = oci::State {
+                    version: c_spec.version.clone(),
+                    id: c.container_id.to_string(),
+                    status: oci::ContainerState::Stopped,
+                    pid: vmm_master_tid as i32,
+                    bundle: c.config().await.bundle,
+                    annotations: c_spec.annotations.clone(),
+                };
+                if let Some(hooks) = c_spec.hooks.as_ref() {
+                    let mut poststop_hook_states = HookStates::new();
+                    poststop_hook_states.execute_hooks(&hooks.poststop, Some(state))?;
+                }
+
                 c.state_process(process).await.context("state process")
             }
             ProcessType::Exec => {
@@ -190,6 +216,26 @@ impl ContainerManager for VirtContainerManager {
             .get(container_id)
             .ok_or_else(|| Error::ContainerNotFound(container_id.clone()))?;
         c.start(process).await.context("start")?;
+
+        // Poststart Hooks:
+        // * should be run in runtime namespace
+        // * should be run after user-specific command is executed but before start operation returns
+        // * spec details: https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/blob/c1662686cff159595277b79322d0272f5182941b/config.md#poststart
+        let c_spec = c.spec().await;
+        let vmm_master_tid = self.hypervisor.get_vmm_master_tid().await?;
+        let state = oci::State {
+            version: c_spec.version.clone(),
+            id: c.container_id.to_string(),
+            status: oci::ContainerState::Running,
+            pid: vmm_master_tid as i32,
+            bundle: c.config().await.bundle,
+            annotations: c_spec.annotations.clone(),
+        };
+        if let Some(hooks) = c_spec.hooks.as_ref() {
+            let mut poststart_hook_states = HookStates::new();
+            poststart_hook_states.execute_hooks(&hooks.poststart, Some(state))?;
+        }
+
         Ok(PID { pid: self.pid })
     }
 
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container/src/lib.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container/src/lib.rs
index b73caa8494..3d1381c71f 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container/src/lib.rs
@@ -86,13 +86,18 @@ impl RuntimeHandler for VirtContainer {
             sid,
             msg_sender,
             agent.clone(),
-            hypervisor,
+            hypervisor.clone(),
             resource_manager.clone(),
         )
         .await
         .context("new virt sandbox")?;
-        let container_manager =
-            container_manager::VirtContainerManager::new(sid, pid, agent, resource_manager);
+        let container_manager = container_manager::VirtContainerManager::new(
+            sid,
+            pid,
+            agent,
+            hypervisor,
+            resource_manager,
+        );
         Ok(RuntimeInstance {
             sandbox: Arc::new(sandbox),
             container_manager: Arc::new(container_manager),
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container/src/sandbox.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container/src/sandbox.rs
index be7577eccb..91372c881e 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container/src/sandbox.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/runtimes/virt_container/src/sandbox.rs
@@ -278,6 +278,10 @@ impl Sandbox for VirtSandbox {
         self.agent.agent_sock().await
     }
 
+    async fn get_vmm_master_tid(&self) -> Result<u32> {
+        self.hypervisor.get_vmm_master_tid().await
+    }
+
     async fn set_iptables(&self, is_ipv6: bool, data: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         info!(sl!(), "sb: set_iptables invoked");
         let req = SetIPTablesRequest { is_ipv6, data };