diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/container.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/container.go
index b98c4f7eb4..6440bd7fb5 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/container.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/container.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers/device/config"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers/device/manager"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/agent/protocols/grpc"
+	vcAnnotations "github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations"
 	vccgroups "github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/cgroups"
 	"github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/rootless"
 	vcTypes "github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/types"
@@ -767,6 +769,26 @@ func newContainer(ctx context.Context, sandbox *Sandbox, contConfig *ContainerCo
 		ctx:           sandbox.ctx,
 	}
 
+	// Set the Annotations of SWAP to Resources
+	if resourceSwappinessStr, ok := c.config.Annotations[vcAnnotations.ContainerResourcesSwappiness]; ok {
+		resourceSwappiness, err := strconv.ParseUint(resourceSwappinessStr, 0, 64)
+		if err == nil && resourceSwappiness > 200 {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("swapiness should not bigger than 200")
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return &Container{}, fmt.Errorf("Invalid container configuration Annotations %s %v", vcAnnotations.ContainerResourcesSwappiness, err)
+		}
+		c.config.Resources.Memory.Swappiness = &resourceSwappiness
+	}
+	if resourceSwapInBytesStr, ok := c.config.Annotations[vcAnnotations.ContainerResourcesSwapInBytes]; ok {
+		resourceSwapInBytesInUint, err := strconv.ParseUint(resourceSwapInBytesStr, 0, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return &Container{}, fmt.Errorf("Invalid container configuration Annotations %s %v", vcAnnotations.ContainerResourcesSwapInBytes, err)
+		}
+		resourceSwapInBytes := int64(resourceSwapInBytesInUint)
+		c.config.Resources.Memory.Swap = &resourceSwapInBytes
+	}
+
 	// experimental runtime use "persist.json" instead of legacy "state.json" as storage
 	err := c.Restore()
 	if err == nil {
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
index 8e4306aef6..1ac2497b6a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const (
 	kataAnnotationsPrefix     = "io.katacontainers."
 	kataConfAnnotationsPrefix = kataAnnotationsPrefix + "config."
 	kataAnnotHypervisorPrefix = kataConfAnnotationsPrefix + "hypervisor."
+	kataAnnotContainerPrefix  = kataAnnotationsPrefix + "container."
 
 	//
 	// OCI
@@ -277,6 +278,17 @@ const (
 	ContainerPipeSizeKernelParam = "agent." + ContainerPipeSizeOption
 )
 
+// Container resource related annotations
+const (
+	kataAnnotContainerResourcePrefix = kataAnnotContainerPrefix + "resource."
+
+	// ContainerResourcesSwappiness is a container annotation to specify the Resources.Memory.Swappiness
+	ContainerResourcesSwappiness = kataAnnotContainerResourcePrefix + "swappiness"
+
+	// ContainerResourcesSwapInBytes is a container annotation to specify the Resources.Memory.Swap
+	ContainerResourcesSwapInBytes = kataAnnotContainerResourcePrefix + "swap_in_bytes"
+)
+
 const (
 	// SHA512 is the SHA-512 (64) hash algorithm
 	SHA512 string = "sha512"