diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index 84f221346cb..ca75d7cd9c6 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ func RunDockershim(c *componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration, r *options.Container
 		SupportedPortForwardProtocols:   streaming.DefaultConfig.SupportedPortForwardProtocols,
 	}
 
-	ds, err := dockershim.NewDockerService(dockerClient, c.SeccompProfileRoot, r.PodSandboxImage,
+	ds, err := dockershim.NewDockerService(dockerClient, r.PodSandboxImage,
 		streamingConfig, &pluginSettings, c.RuntimeCgroups, c.CgroupDriver, r.DockerExecHandlerName, r.DockershimRootDirectory,
 		r.DockerDisableSharedPID)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 03e43ed1d77..65e33218212 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration,
 		case kubetypes.DockerContainerRuntime:
 			// Create and start the CRI shim running as a grpc server.
 			streamingConfig := getStreamingConfig(kubeCfg, kubeDeps)
-			ds, err := dockershim.NewDockerService(kubeDeps.DockerClient, kubeCfg.SeccompProfileRoot, crOptions.PodSandboxImage,
+			ds, err := dockershim.NewDockerService(kubeDeps.DockerClient, crOptions.PodSandboxImage,
 				streamingConfig, &pluginSettings, kubeCfg.RuntimeCgroups, kubeCfg.CgroupDriver, crOptions.DockerExecHandlerName,
 				crOptions.DockershimRootDirectory, crOptions.DockerDisableSharedPID)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration,
 		runtime, err := kuberuntime.NewKubeGenericRuntimeManager(
 			kubecontainer.FilterEventRecorder(kubeDeps.Recorder),
 			klet.livenessManager,
+			kubeCfg.SeccompProfileRoot,
 			containerRefManager,
 			machineInfo,
 			klet.podManager,
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers.go
index 8fcbe29a33c..6f1a8a1d237 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -255,3 +256,30 @@ func getSysctlsFromAnnotations(annotations map[string]string) (map[string]string
 
 	return sysctls, nil
 }
+
+// getSeccompProfileFromAnnotations gets seccomp profile from annotations.
+// It gets pod's profile if containerName is null.
+func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) getSeccompProfileFromAnnotations(annotations map[string]string, containerName string) string {
+	// try the pod profile.
+	profile, profileOK := annotations[v1.SeccompPodAnnotationKey]
+	if containerName != "" {
+		// try the container profile.
+		cProfile, cProfileOK := annotations[v1.SeccompContainerAnnotationKeyPrefix+containerName]
+		if cProfileOK {
+			profile = cProfile
+			profileOK = cProfileOK
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !profileOK {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	if strings.HasPrefix(profile, "localhost/") {
+		name := strings.TrimPrefix(profile, "localhost/")
+		fname := filepath.Join(m.seccompProfileRoot, filepath.FromSlash(name))
+		return fname
+	}
+
+	return profile
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
index 545cb0d252b..ef50d958fbb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ type kubeGenericRuntimeManager struct {
 
 	// The version cache of runtime daemon.
 	versionCache *cache.ObjectCache
+
+	// The directory path for seccomp profiles.
+	seccompProfileRoot string
 }
 
 type KubeGenericRuntime interface {
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ type KubeGenericRuntime interface {
 func NewKubeGenericRuntimeManager(
 	recorder record.EventRecorder,
 	livenessManager proberesults.Manager,
+	seccompProfileRoot string,
 	containerRefManager *kubecontainer.RefManager,
 	machineInfo *cadvisorapi.MachineInfo,
 	podGetter podGetter,
@@ -134,6 +138,7 @@ func NewKubeGenericRuntimeManager(
 	kubeRuntimeManager := &kubeGenericRuntimeManager{
 		recorder:            recorder,
 		cpuCFSQuota:         cpuCFSQuota,
+		seccompProfileRoot:  seccompProfileRoot,
 		livenessManager:     livenessManager,
 		containerRefManager: containerRefManager,
 		machineInfo:         machineInfo,
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_sandbox.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_sandbox.go
index 3b2633eac9a..670181b3199 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_sandbox.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_sandbox.go
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) generatePodSandboxLinuxConfig(pod *v1.Pod) (
 	lc := &runtimeapi.LinuxPodSandboxConfig{
 		CgroupParent: cgroupParent,
 		SecurityContext: &runtimeapi.LinuxSandboxSecurityContext{
-			Privileged: kubecontainer.HasPrivilegedContainer(pod),
+			Privileged:         kubecontainer.HasPrivilegedContainer(pod),
+			SeccompProfilePath: m.getSeccompProfileFromAnnotations(pod.Annotations, ""),
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/security_context.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/security_context.go
index 715b9412313..c0d4ce7347a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/security_context.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/security_context.go
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) determineEffectiveSecurityContext(pod *v1.Po
 		synthesized = &runtimeapi.LinuxContainerSecurityContext{}
 	}
 
+	// set SeccompProfilePath.
+	synthesized.SeccompProfilePath = m.getSeccompProfileFromAnnotations(pod.Annotations, container.Name)
+
 	// set ApparmorProfile.
 	synthesized.ApparmorProfile = apparmor.GetProfileNameFromPodAnnotations(pod.Annotations, container.Name)