diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/convert.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/convert.go
index 32297564270..4ba1e493707 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/convert.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/convert.go
@@ -56,14 +56,16 @@ func toRuntimeAPIContainer(c *dockertypes.Container) (*runtimeApi.Container, err
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	labels, annotations := extractLabels(c.Labels)
+	sandboxID := c.Labels[sandboxIDLabelKey]
 	return &runtimeApi.Container{
-		Id:          &c.ID,
-		Metadata:    metadata,
-		Image:       &runtimeApi.ImageSpec{Image: &c.Image},
-		ImageRef:    &c.ImageID,
-		State:       &state,
-		Labels:      labels,
-		Annotations: annotations,
+		Id:           &c.ID,
+		PodSandboxId: &sandboxID,
+		Metadata:     metadata,
+		Image:        &runtimeApi.ImageSpec{Image: &c.Image},
+		ImageRef:     &c.ImageID,
+		State:        &state,
+		Labels:       labels,
+		Annotations:  annotations,
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_container_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_container_test.go
index 3e5f6e82dd4..4885441e6e4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_container_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/docker_container_test.go
@@ -73,13 +73,14 @@ func TestListContainers(t *testing.T) {
 		// Prepend to the expected list because ListContainers returns
 		// the most recent containers first.
 		expected = append([]*runtimeApi.Container{{
-			Metadata:    configs[i].Metadata,
-			Id:          &id,
-			State:       &state,
-			Image:       configs[i].Image,
-			ImageRef:    &imageRef,
-			Labels:      configs[i].Labels,
-			Annotations: configs[i].Annotations,
+			Metadata:     configs[i].Metadata,
+			Id:           &id,
+			PodSandboxId: &sandboxID,
+			State:        &state,
+			Image:        configs[i].Image,
+			ImageRef:     &imageRef,
+			Labels:       configs[i].Labels,
+			Annotations:  configs[i].Annotations,
 		}}, expected...)
 	}
 	containers, err := ds.ListContainers(nil)