diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
index 9e06ddf82a6..1471c132e3a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package rkt
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
@@ -897,12 +898,24 @@ func serviceFilePath(serviceName string) string {
 func (r *Runtime) generateRunCommand(pod *api.Pod, uuid, netnsName string) (string, error) {
 	runPrepared := r.buildCommand("run-prepared").Args
 
+	var hostname string
+	var err error
+
+	osInfos, err := getOSReleaseInfo()
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("rkt: Failed to read the os release info: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Overlay fs is not supported for SELinux yet on many distros.
+	// See https://github.com/coreos/rkt/issues/1727#issuecomment-173203129.
+	// For now, coreos carries a patch to support it: https://github.com/coreos/coreos-overlay/pull/1703
+	if osInfos["ID"] != "coreos" && pod.Spec.SecurityContext != nil && pod.Spec.SecurityContext.SELinuxOptions != nil {
+		runPrepared = append(runPrepared, "--no-overlay=true")
+	}
+
 	// Network namespace set up in kubelet; rkt networking not used
 	runPrepared = append(runPrepared, "--net=host")
 
-	var hostname string
-	var err error
-	// Setup DNS and hostname configuration.
 	if len(netnsName) == 0 {
 		// TODO(yifan): Let runtimeHelper.GeneratePodHostNameAndDomain() to handle this.
 		hostname, err = r.os.Hostname()
@@ -1051,6 +1064,12 @@ func (r *Runtime) preparePod(pod *api.Pod, podIP string, pullSecrets []api.Secre
 		newUnitOption(unitKubernetesSection, unitPodNamespace, pod.Namespace),
 	}
 
+	if pod.Spec.SecurityContext != nil && pod.Spec.SecurityContext.SELinuxOptions != nil {
+		opt := pod.Spec.SecurityContext.SELinuxOptions
+		selinuxContext := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s:%s", opt.User, opt.Role, opt.Type, opt.Level)
+		units = append(units, newUnitOption("Service", "SELinuxContext", selinuxContext))
+	}
+
 	serviceName := makePodServiceFileName(uuid)
 	glog.V(4).Infof("rkt: Creating service file %q for pod %q", serviceName, format.Pod(pod))
 	serviceFile, err := r.os.Create(serviceFilePath(serviceName))
@@ -2115,3 +2134,30 @@ func (r *Runtime) GetPodStatus(uid kubetypes.UID, name, namespace string) (*kube
 
 	return podStatus, nil
 }
+
+// getOSReleaseInfo reads /etc/os-release and returns a map
+// that contains the key value pairs in that file.
+func getOSReleaseInfo() (map[string]string, error) {
+	result := make(map[string]string)
+
+	path := "/etc/os-release"
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		info := strings.SplitN(line, "=", 2)
+		if len(info) != 2 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected entry in os-release %q", line)
+		}
+		result[info[0]] = info[1]
+	}
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go
index d9e858b901d..d421c6108d7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt_test.go
@@ -1190,6 +1190,27 @@ func TestGenerateRunCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			nil,
 			fmt.Sprintf("/bin/rkt/rkt --insecure-options=image,ondisk --local-config=/var/rkt/local/data --dir=/var/data run-prepared --net=host --hostname=%s rkt-uuid-foo", hostName),
 		},
+		// Case #5, returns --net=host --no-overlay
+		{
+			&api.Pod{
+				ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "pod-name-foo",
+				},
+				Spec: api.PodSpec{
+					SecurityContext: &api.PodSecurityContext{
+						HostNetwork:    true,
+						SELinuxOptions: &api.SELinuxOptions{},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			"rkt-uuid-foo",
+			"",
+			[]string{""},
+			[]string{""},
+			"pod-hostname-foo",
+			nil,
+			fmt.Sprintf("/bin/rkt/rkt --insecure-options=image,ondisk --local-config=/var/rkt/local/data --dir=/var/data run-prepared --no-overlay=true --net=host --hostname=%s rkt-uuid-foo", hostName),
+		},
 	}
 
 	rkt := &Runtime{