diff --git a/cli/containerd-shim-kata-v2/main.go b/cli/containerd-shim-kata-v2/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88fe05a02f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/containerd-shim-kata-v2/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018 HyperHQ Inc.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime/v2/shim"
+	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/containerd-shim-v2"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	shim.Run("io.containerd.kata.v2", containerdshim.New)
+}
+
diff --git a/containerd-shim-v2/container.go b/containerd-shim-v2/container.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86a90d3edf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containerd-shim-v2/container.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018 HyperHQ Inc.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+package containerdshim
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/task"
+	vc "github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers"
+	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci"
+)
+
+type container struct {
+	s        *service
+	ttyio    *ttyIO
+	spec     *oci.CompatOCISpec
+	time     time.Time
+	execs    map[string]*exec
+	exitIOch chan struct{}
+	exitCh   chan uint32
+	id       string
+	stdin    string
+	stdout   string
+	stderr   string
+	bundle   string
+	cType    vc.ContainerType
+	mu       sync.Mutex
+	exit     uint32
+	status   task.Status
+	terminal bool
+}
diff --git a/containerd-shim-v2/exec.go b/containerd-shim-v2/exec.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a96ec65f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containerd-shim-v2/exec.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018 HyperHQ Inc.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+package containerdshim
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/task"
+	vc "github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers"
+)
+
+type exec struct {
+	container *container
+	cmds      *vc.Cmd
+	tty       *tty
+	ttyio     *ttyIO
+	id        string
+
+	exitCode int32
+
+	status task.Status
+
+	exitIOch chan struct{}
+	exitCh   chan uint32
+
+	exitTime time.Time
+}
+
+type tty struct {
+	stdin    string
+	stdout   string
+	stderr   string
+	height   uint32
+	width    uint32
+	terminal bool
+}
diff --git a/containerd-shim-v2/service.go b/containerd-shim-v2/service.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2fbf30ede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containerd-shim-v2/service.go
@@ -0,0 +1,341 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018 HyperHQ Inc.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+package containerdshim
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	sysexec "os/exec"
+	"sync"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+
+	eventstypes "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/events"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/events"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/namespaces"
+	cdruntime "github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime"
+	cdshim "github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime/v2/shim"
+	taskAPI "github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime/v2/task"
+	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pkg/katautils"
+	vc "github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers"
+	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci"
+
+	ptypes "github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+const (
+	// Define the service's channel size, which is used for
+	// reaping the exited processes exit state and forwarding
+	// it to containerd as the containerd event format.
+	bufferSize = 32
+
+	chSize = 128
+)
+
+var (
+	empty                     = &ptypes.Empty{}
+	_     taskAPI.TaskService = (taskAPI.TaskService)(&service{})
+)
+
+// concrete virtcontainer implementation
+var vci vc.VC = &vc.VCImpl{}
+
+// New returns a new shim service that can be used via GRPC
+func New(ctx context.Context, id string, publisher events.Publisher) (cdshim.Shim, error) {
+	logger := logrus.WithField("ID", id)
+	vci.SetLogger(ctx, logger)
+	katautils.SetLogger(ctx, logger, logger.Logger.Level)
+	_, runtimeConfig, err := katautils.LoadConfiguration("", true, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	s := &service{
+		id:         id,
+		pid:        uint32(os.Getpid()),
+		context:    ctx,
+		config:     &runtimeConfig,
+		containers: make(map[string]*container),
+		events:     make(chan interface{}, chSize),
+		ec:         make(chan exit, bufferSize),
+	}
+
+	go s.processExits()
+
+	go s.forward(publisher)
+
+	return s, nil
+}
+
+type exit struct {
+	id        string
+	execid    string
+	pid       uint32
+	status    int
+	timestamp time.Time
+}
+
+// service is the shim implementation of a remote shim over GRPC
+type service struct {
+	sync.Mutex
+
+	// pid Since this shimv2 cannot get the container processes pid from VM,
+	// thus for the returned values needed pid, just return this shim's
+	// pid directly.
+	pid uint32
+
+	context    context.Context
+	sandbox    vc.VCSandbox
+	containers map[string]*container
+	config     *oci.RuntimeConfig
+	events     chan interface{}
+
+	ec chan exit
+	id string
+}
+
+func newCommand(ctx context.Context, containerdBinary, id, containerdAddress string) (*sysexec.Cmd, error) {
+	ns, err := namespaces.NamespaceRequired(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	self, err := os.Executable()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	cwd, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	args := []string{
+		"-namespace", ns,
+		"-address", containerdAddress,
+		"-publish-binary", containerdBinary,
+		"-id", id,
+		"-debug",
+	}
+	cmd := sysexec.Command(self, args...)
+	cmd.Dir = cwd
+
+	// Set the go max process to 2 in case the shim forks too much process
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GOMAXPROCS=2")
+
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
+		Setpgid: true,
+	}
+
+	return cmd, nil
+}
+
+// StartShim willl start a kata shimv2 daemon which will implemented the
+// ShimV2 APIs such as create/start/update etc containers.
+func (s *service) StartShim(ctx context.Context, id, containerdBinary, containerdAddress string) (string, error) {
+	bundlePath, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	address, err := getAddress(ctx, bundlePath, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if address != "" {
+		if err := cdshim.WriteAddress("address", address); err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		return address, nil
+	}
+
+	cmd, err := newCommand(ctx, containerdBinary, id, containerdAddress)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	address, err = cdshim.SocketAddress(ctx, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	socket, err := cdshim.NewSocket(address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer socket.Close()
+	f, err := socket.File()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	cmd.ExtraFiles = append(cmd.ExtraFiles, f)
+
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err != nil {
+			cmd.Process.Kill()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// make sure to wait after start
+	go cmd.Wait()
+	if err := cdshim.WritePidFile("shim.pid", cmd.Process.Pid); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if err := cdshim.WriteAddress("address", address); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return address, nil
+}
+
+func (s *service) forward(publisher events.Publisher) {
+	for e := range s.events {
+		if err := publisher.Publish(s.context, getTopic(s.context, e), e); err != nil {
+			logrus.WithError(err).Error("post event")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func getTopic(ctx context.Context, e interface{}) string {
+	switch e.(type) {
+	case *eventstypes.TaskCreate:
+		return cdruntime.TaskCreateEventTopic
+	case *eventstypes.TaskStart:
+		return cdruntime.TaskStartEventTopic
+	case *eventstypes.TaskOOM:
+		return cdruntime.TaskOOMEventTopic
+	case *eventstypes.TaskExit:
+		return cdruntime.TaskExitEventTopic
+	case *eventstypes.TaskDelete:
+		return cdruntime.TaskDeleteEventTopic
+	case *eventstypes.TaskExecAdded:
+		return cdruntime.TaskExecAddedEventTopic
+	case *eventstypes.TaskExecStarted:
+		return cdruntime.TaskExecStartedEventTopic
+	case *eventstypes.TaskPaused:
+		return cdruntime.TaskPausedEventTopic
+	case *eventstypes.TaskResumed:
+		return cdruntime.TaskResumedEventTopic
+	case *eventstypes.TaskCheckpointed:
+		return cdruntime.TaskCheckpointedEventTopic
+	default:
+		logrus.Warnf("no topic for type %#v", e)
+	}
+	return cdruntime.TaskUnknownTopic
+}
+
+func (s *service) Cleanup(ctx context.Context) (*taskAPI.DeleteResponse, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+// Create a new sandbox or container with the underlying OCI runtime
+func (s *service) Create(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.CreateTaskRequest) (_ *taskAPI.CreateTaskResponse, err error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+// Start a process
+func (s *service) Start(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.StartRequest) (*taskAPI.StartResponse, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+// Delete the initial process and container
+func (s *service) Delete(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.DeleteRequest) (*taskAPI.DeleteResponse, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+// Exec an additional process inside the container
+func (s *service) Exec(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.ExecProcessRequest) (*ptypes.Empty, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+// ResizePty of a process
+func (s *service) ResizePty(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.ResizePtyRequest) (*ptypes.Empty, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+// State returns runtime state information for a process
+func (s *service) State(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.StateRequest) (*taskAPI.StateResponse, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+// Pause the container
+func (s *service) Pause(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.PauseRequest) (*ptypes.Empty, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+// Resume the container
+func (s *service) Resume(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.ResumeRequest) (*ptypes.Empty, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+// Kill a process with the provided signal
+func (s *service) Kill(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.KillRequest) (*ptypes.Empty, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+// Pids returns all pids inside the container
+func (s *service) Pids(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.PidsRequest) (*taskAPI.PidsResponse, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+// CloseIO of a process
+func (s *service) CloseIO(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.CloseIORequest) (*ptypes.Empty, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+// Checkpoint the container
+func (s *service) Checkpoint(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.CheckpointTaskRequest) (*ptypes.Empty, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ToGRPCf(errdefs.ErrNotImplemented, "service Checkpoint")
+}
+
+// Connect returns shim information such as the shim's pid
+func (s *service) Connect(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.ConnectRequest) (*taskAPI.ConnectResponse, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *service) Shutdown(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.ShutdownRequest) (*ptypes.Empty, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *service) Stats(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.StatsRequest) (*taskAPI.StatsResponse, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+// Update a running container
+func (s *service) Update(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.UpdateTaskRequest) (*ptypes.Empty, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+// Wait for a process to exit
+func (s *service) Wait(ctx context.Context, r *taskAPI.WaitRequest) (*taskAPI.WaitResponse, error) {
+	return nil, errdefs.ErrNotImplemented
+}
+
+func (s *service) processExits() {
+	for e := range s.ec {
+		s.checkProcesses(e)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *service) checkProcesses(e exit) {
+	s.Lock()
+	defer s.Unlock()
+
+	id := e.execid
+	if id == "" {
+		id = e.id
+	}
+	s.events <- &eventstypes.TaskExit{
+		ContainerID: e.id,
+		ID:          id,
+		Pid:         e.pid,
+		ExitStatus:  uint32(e.status),
+		ExitedAt:    e.timestamp,
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/containerd-shim-v2/stream.go b/containerd-shim-v2/stream.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5489c6002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containerd-shim-v2/stream.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018 HyperHQ Inc.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+package containerdshim
+
+import (
+	"io"
+)
+
+type ttyIO struct {
+	Stdin  io.ReadCloser
+	Stdout io.Writer
+	Stderr io.Writer
+}
diff --git a/containerd-shim-v2/utils.go b/containerd-shim-v2/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c59c07d26e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containerd-shim-v2/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+// Copyright (c) 2018 HyperHQ Inc.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+package containerdshim
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	cdshim "github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime/v2/shim"
+	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pkg/katautils"
+	vc "github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers"
+	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci"
+)
+
+func validCreateParams(containerID, bundlePath string) (string, error) {
+	// container ID MUST be provided.
+	if containerID == "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("Missing container ID")
+	}
+
+	// bundle path MUST be provided.
+	if bundlePath == "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("Missing bundle path")
+	}
+
+	// bundle path MUST be valid.
+	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(bundlePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid bundle path '%s': %s", bundlePath, err)
+	}
+	if fileInfo.IsDir() == false {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid bundle path '%s', it should be a directory", bundlePath)
+	}
+
+	resolved, err := katautils.ResolvePath(bundlePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return resolved, nil
+}
+
+func getAddress(ctx context.Context, bundlePath, id string) (string, error) {
+	var err error
+
+	// Checks the MUST and MUST NOT from OCI runtime specification
+	if bundlePath, err = validCreateParams(id, bundlePath); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	ociSpec, err := oci.ParseConfigJSON(bundlePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	containerType, err := ociSpec.ContainerType()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	if containerType == vc.PodContainer {
+		sandboxID, err := ociSpec.SandboxID()
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		address, err := cdshim.SocketAddress(ctx, sandboxID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		return address, nil
+	}
+
+	return "", nil
+}