diff --git a/src/tools/runk/Cargo.lock b/src/tools/runk/Cargo.lock
index f8628cbf7..a1691a796 100644
--- a/src/tools/runk/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/tools/runk/Cargo.lock
@@ -985,7 +985,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "slog",
  "slog-async",
+ "tabwriter",
  "tokio",
+ "users",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1166,6 +1168,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tabwriter"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "36205cfc997faadcc4b0b87aaef3fbedafe20d38d4959a7ca6ff803564051111"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "take_mut"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -1348,12 +1359,28 @@ version = "1.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7e8820f5d777f6224dc4be3632222971ac30164d4a258d595640799554ebfd99"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3ed742d4ea2bd1176e236172c8429aaf54486e7ac098db29ffe6529e0ce50973"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8ccb82d61f80a663efe1f787a51b16b5a51e3314d6ac365b08639f52387b33f3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "users"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "24cc0f6d6f267b73e5a2cadf007ba8f9bc39c6a6f9666f8cf25ea809a153b032"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/src/tools/runk/Cargo.toml b/src/tools/runk/Cargo.toml
index 83aca82ca..973ae21c7 100644
--- a/src/tools/runk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/tools/runk/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ slog-async = "2.7.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.15.0", features = ["full"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.133", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.74"
+users = "0.11.0"
+tabwriter = "1.2.1"
 
 [workspace]
 members = [
diff --git a/src/tools/runk/src/commands/list.rs b/src/tools/runk/src/commands/list.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbd427755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/runk/src/commands/list.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Copyright 2021-2022 Kata Contributors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+use super::state::get_container_state_name;
+use anyhow::Result;
+use libcontainer::status::{get_current_container_state, Status};
+use liboci_cli::List;
+use oci::ContainerState;
+use slog::{info, Logger};
+use std::{fs, os::unix::prelude::MetadataExt, path::Path};
+use std::{io, io::Write};
+use tabwriter::TabWriter;
+use users::get_user_by_uid;
+
+pub fn run(_: List, root: &Path, logger: &Logger) -> Result<()> {
+    let mut content = String::new();
+    for entry in fs::read_dir(root)? {
+        let entry = entry?;
+        // Possibly race with runk delete, so continue loop when any error occurs below
+        let metadata = match entry.metadata() {
+            Ok(metadata) => metadata,
+            Err(_) => continue,
+        };
+        if !metadata.is_dir() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let container_id = match entry.file_name().into_string() {
+            Ok(id) => id,
+            Err(_) => continue,
+        };
+        let status = match Status::load(root, &container_id) {
+            Ok(status) => status,
+            Err(_) => continue,
+        };
+        let state = match get_current_container_state(&status) {
+            Ok(state) => state,
+            Err(_) => continue,
+        };
+        // Just like runc, pid of stopped container is 0
+        let pid = match state {
+            ContainerState::Stopped => 0,
+            _ => status.pid,
+        };
+        // May replace get_user_by_uid with getpwuid(3)
+        let owner = match get_user_by_uid(metadata.uid()) {
+            Some(user) => String::from(user.name().to_string_lossy()),
+            None => format!("#{}", metadata.uid()),
+        };
+        content.push_str(&format!(
+            "{}\t{}\t{}\t{}\t{}\t{}\n",
+            container_id,
+            pid,
+            get_container_state_name(state),
+            status.bundle.display(),
+            status.created,
+            owner
+        ));
+    }
+
+    let mut tab_writer = TabWriter::new(io::stdout());
+    writeln!(&mut tab_writer, "ID\tPID\tSTATUS\tBUNDLE\tCREATED\tOWNER")?;
+    write!(&mut tab_writer, "{}", content)?;
+    tab_writer.flush()?;
+
+    info!(&logger, "list command finished successfully");
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/tools/runk/src/commands/mod.rs b/src/tools/runk/src/commands/mod.rs
index 12017263d..216686506 100644
--- a/src/tools/runk/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tools/runk/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 pub mod create;
 pub mod delete;
 pub mod kill;
+pub mod list;
 pub mod run;
 pub mod spec;
 pub mod start;
diff --git a/src/tools/runk/src/main.rs b/src/tools/runk/src/main.rs
index 8f464f438..0171a229f 100644
--- a/src/tools/runk/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/tools/runk/src/main.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ async fn cmd_run(subcmd: SubCommand, root_path: &Path, logger: &Logger) -> Resul
         SubCommand::Common(cmd) => match cmd {
             CommonCmd::Run(run) => commands::run::run(run, root_path, logger).await,
             CommonCmd::Spec(spec) => commands::spec::run(spec, logger),
+            CommonCmd::List(list) => commands::list::run(list, root_path, logger),
             _ => {
                 return Err(anyhow!("command is not implemented yet"));
             }