diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/security_context.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/security_context.go
index 571fdd33767..6c6d313f271 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/security_context.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/security_context.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ func applySandboxSecurityContext(lc *runtimeapi.LinuxPodSandboxConfig, config *d
 			ReadonlyRootfs:     lc.SecurityContext.ReadonlyRootfs,
 			SelinuxOptions:     lc.SecurityContext.SelinuxOptions,
 			NamespaceOptions:   lc.SecurityContext.NamespaceOptions,
+			Privileged:         lc.SecurityContext.Privileged,
 		}
 	}