diff --git a/docs/kernels.md b/docs/kernels.md
index 0ba7ed999..7430e5199 100644
--- a/docs/kernels.md
+++ b/docs/kernels.md
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ In addition to the official images, there are also some
 from some Linux distributions into LinuxKit kernel packages. These are
 mostly provided for testing purposes.
 
+Note now linuxkit also embraces Preempt-RT Linux kernel to support more
+use cases for the promising IoT scenarios. All -rt patches are grabbed from
+https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/. But so far we just
+enable it over 4.14.x.
+
 
 ## Loading kernel modules
 
diff --git a/examples/rt-for-vmware.yml b/examples/rt-for-vmware.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9c4cff9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/rt-for-vmware.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+kernel:
+  image: linuxkit/kernel:4.14.18-rt
+  cmdline: "console=tty0"
+init:
+  - linuxkit/init:d899eee3560a40aa3b4bdd67b3bb82703714b2b9
+  - linuxkit/runc:7c39a68490a12cde830e1922f171c451fb08e731
+  - linuxkit/containerd:37e397ebfc6bd5d8e18695b121166ffd0cbfd9f0
+  - linuxkit/ca-certificates:v0.2
+onboot:
+  - name: sysctl
+    image: linuxkit/sysctl:v0.2
+services:
+  - name: getty
+    image: linuxkit/getty:v0.2
+    env:
+     - INSECURE=true
+  - name: rngd
+    image: linuxkit/rngd:v0.2
+  - name: dhcpcd
+    image: linuxkit/dhcpcd:v0.2
+  - name: open-vm-tools
+    image: linuxkit/open-vm-tools:v0.2
+  - name: nginx
+    image: nginx:1.13.8-alpine
+    capabilities:
+     - CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
+     - CAP_CHOWN
+     - CAP_SETUID
+     - CAP_SETGID
+     - CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE
+    binds:
+     - /etc/resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf
+trust:
+  org:
+    - linuxkit
+    - library