diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
index 0c82c833a30..90b214c55ab 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/topology"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager/socketmask"
 )
 
 // PolicyStatic is the name of the static policy
@@ -215,7 +216,12 @@ func (p *staticPolicy) AddContainer(s state.State, pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Co
 			}
 		}
 
-		cpuset, err := p.allocateCPUs(s, numCPUs)
+		// Call Topology Manager to get the aligned socket affinity across all hint providers.
+		hint := p.affinity.GetAffinity(string(pod.UID), container.Name)
+		klog.Infof("[cpumanager] Pod %v, Container %v Topology Affinity is: %v", pod.UID, container.Name, hint)
+
+		// Allocate CPUs according to the socket affinity contained in the hint.
+		cpuset, err := p.allocateCPUs(s, numCPUs, hint.SocketAffinity)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Errorf("[cpumanager] unable to allocate %d CPUs (container id: %s, error: %v)", numCPUs, containerID, err)
 			return err
@@ -244,12 +250,37 @@ func (p *staticPolicy) RemoveContainer(s state.State, containerID string) (rerr
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (p *staticPolicy) allocateCPUs(s state.State, numCPUs int) (cpuset.CPUSet, error) {
-	klog.Infof("[cpumanager] allocateCpus: (numCPUs: %d)", numCPUs)
-	result, err := takeByTopology(p.topology, p.assignableCPUs(s), numCPUs)
+func (p *staticPolicy) allocateCPUs(s state.State, numCPUs int, socketmask socketmask.SocketMask) (cpuset.CPUSet, error) {
+	klog.Infof("[cpumanager] allocateCpus: (numCPUs: %d, socket: %v)", numCPUs, socketmask)
+
+	// If there are aligned CPUs in the socketmask, attempt to take those first.
+	result := cpuset.NewCPUSet()
+	if socketmask != nil {
+		alignedCPUs := cpuset.NewCPUSet()
+		for _, socketID := range socketmask.GetSockets() {
+			alignedCPUs = alignedCPUs.Union(p.assignableCPUs(s).Intersection(p.topology.CPUDetails.CPUsInSocket(socketID)))
+		}
+
+		numAlignedToAlloc := alignedCPUs.Size()
+		if numCPUs < numAlignedToAlloc {
+			numAlignedToAlloc = numCPUs
+		}
+
+		alignedCPUs, err := takeByTopology(p.topology, alignedCPUs, numAlignedToAlloc)
+		if err != nil {
+			return cpuset.NewCPUSet(), err
+		}
+
+		result = result.Union(alignedCPUs)
+	}
+
+	// Get any remaining CPUs from what's leftover after attempting to grab aligned ones.
+	remainingCPUs, err := takeByTopology(p.topology, p.assignableCPUs(s).Difference(result), numCPUs-result.Size())
 	if err != nil {
 		return cpuset.NewCPUSet(), err
 	}
+	result = result.Union(remainingCPUs)
+
 	// Remove allocated CPUs from the shared CPUSet.
 	s.SetDefaultCPUSet(s.GetDefaultCPUSet().Difference(result))