diff --git a/docs/yaml.md b/docs/yaml.md
index 49b1017f3..ceac3e2e0 100644
--- a/docs/yaml.md
+++ b/docs/yaml.md
@@ -232,6 +232,21 @@ services:
      - CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE
 ```
 
+## `devices`
+
+To access the console, it's necessary to explicitly add a "device" definition, for example:
+
+```
+devices:
+- path: "/dev/console"
+  type: c
+  major: 5
+  minor: 1
+  mode: 0666
+```
+
+See the [the getty package](../pkg/getty/build.yml) for a more complete example
+and see [runc](https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/60e21ec26e15945259d4b1e790e8fd119ee86467) for context).
 
 ### Mount Options
 When mounting filesystem paths into a container - whether as part of `onboot` or `services` - there are several options of which you need to be aware. Using them properly is necessary for your containers to function properly.
diff --git a/pkg/getty/build.yml b/pkg/getty/build.yml
index d10af6834..4cb4238c7 100644
--- a/pkg/getty/build.yml
+++ b/pkg/getty/build.yml
@@ -14,5 +14,26 @@ config:
     - /var/lib/containerd:/var/lib/containerd
     - /dev:/dev
     - /sys:/sys
+  devices:
+    - path: "/dev/console"
+      type: c
+      major: 5
+      minor: 1
+      mode: 0666
+    - path: "/dev/tty0"
+      type: c
+      major: 4
+      minor: 0
+      mode: 0666
+    - path: "/dev/ttyS0"
+      type: c
+      major: 4
+      minor: 64
+      mode: 0666
+    - path: "/dev/ttyAMA0"
+      type: c
+      major: 204
+      minor: 64
+      mode: 0666
   capabilities:
     - all
diff --git a/src/cmd/linuxkit/moby/config.go b/src/cmd/linuxkit/moby/config.go
index 8ff39e890..8e49d06c0 100644
--- a/src/cmd/linuxkit/moby/config.go
+++ b/src/cmd/linuxkit/moby/config.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package moby
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ type ImageConfig struct {
 	Mounts            *[]specs.Mount          `yaml:"mounts,omitempty" json:"mounts,omitempty"`
 	Binds             *[]string               `yaml:"binds,omitempty" json:"binds,omitempty"`
 	BindsAdd          *[]string               `yaml:"binds.add,omitempty" json:"binds.add,omitempty"`
+	Devices           *[]Device               `yaml:"devices,omitempty" json:"devices,omitempty"`
 	Tmpfs             *[]string               `yaml:"tmpfs,omitempty" json:"tmpfs,omitempty"`
 	Command           *[]string               `yaml:"command,omitempty" json:"command,omitempty"`
 	Env               *[]string               `yaml:"env,omitempty" json:"env,omitempty"`
@@ -102,6 +104,15 @@ type ImageConfig struct {
 	ref *reference.Spec
 }
 
+// Device specifies a device to be exposed to the container.
+type Device struct {
+	Path  string `yaml:"path" json:"path"`
+	Type  string `yaml:"type" json:"type"`
+	Major int64  `yaml:"major" json:"major"`
+	Minor int64  `yaml:"minor" json:"minor"`
+	Mode  string `yaml:"mode,omitempty" json:"mode,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // Runtime is the type of config processed at runtime, not used to build the OCI spec
 type Runtime struct {
 	Cgroups    *[]string      `yaml:"cgroups,omitempty" json:"cgroups,omitempty"`
@@ -561,6 +572,17 @@ func assignResources(v1, v2 *specs.LinuxResources) specs.LinuxResources {
 	return specs.LinuxResources{}
 }
 
+// assignDevices does ordered overrides from Devices
+func assignDevices(v1, v2 *[]Device) []Device {
+	if v2 != nil {
+		return *v2
+	}
+	if v1 != nil {
+		return *v1
+	}
+	return []Device{}
+}
+
 // assignRuntime does ordered overrides from Runtime
 func assignRuntime(v1, v2 *Runtime) Runtime {
 	if v1 == nil {
@@ -1021,6 +1043,25 @@ func ConfigToOCI(yaml *Image, config imagespec.ImageConfig, idMap map[string]uin
 
 	resources := assignResources(label.Resources, yaml.Resources)
 
+	devices := assignDevices(label.Devices, yaml.Devices)
+	var linuxDevices []specs.LinuxDevice
+	for _, device := range devices {
+		mode, err := strconv.ParseInt(device.Mode, 8, 32)
+		if err != nil {
+			return oci, runtime, fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse device mode as octal value: %v", err)
+		}
+		fileMode := os.FileMode(mode)
+		linuxDevice := specs.LinuxDevice{
+			Path:     device.Path,
+			Type:     device.Type,
+			Major:    device.Major,
+			Minor:    device.Minor,
+			FileMode: &fileMode,
+		}
+		linuxDevices = append(linuxDevices, linuxDevice)
+		resources.Devices = append(resources.Devices, deviceCgroup(linuxDevice))
+	}
+
 	oci.Linux = &specs.Linux{
 		UIDMappings: assignMappings(label.UIDMappings, yaml.UIDMappings),
 		GIDMappings: assignMappings(label.GIDMappings, yaml.GIDMappings),
@@ -1028,7 +1069,7 @@ func ConfigToOCI(yaml *Image, config imagespec.ImageConfig, idMap map[string]uin
 		Resources:   &resources,
 		CgroupsPath: assignString(label.CgroupsPath, yaml.CgroupsPath),
 		Namespaces:  namespaces,
-		// Devices
+		Devices:     linuxDevices,
 		// Seccomp
 		RootfsPropagation: assignString(label.RootfsPropagation, yaml.RootfsPropagation),
 		MaskedPaths:       assignStrings(label.MaskedPaths, yaml.MaskedPaths),
@@ -1041,3 +1082,13 @@ func ConfigToOCI(yaml *Image, config imagespec.ImageConfig, idMap map[string]uin
 
 	return oci, runtime, nil
 }
+
+func deviceCgroup(device specs.LinuxDevice) specs.LinuxDeviceCgroup {
+	return specs.LinuxDeviceCgroup{
+		Allow:  true,
+		Type:   device.Type,
+		Major:  &device.Major,
+		Minor:  &device.Minor,
+		Access: "rwm",
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/linuxkit/moby/schema.go b/src/cmd/linuxkit/moby/schema.go
index 06a52a414..3d651d87c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/linuxkit/moby/schema.go
+++ b/src/cmd/linuxkit/moby/schema.go
@@ -67,6 +67,21 @@ var schema = string(`
       "type": "array",
       "items": { "$ref": "#/definitions/mount" }
     },
+    "device": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "path": { "type": "string" },
+        "type": { "type": "string" },
+        "major": { "type": "integer" },
+        "minor": { "type": "integer" },
+        "mode": { "type": "string" }
+      }
+    },
+    "devices": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": { "$ref": "#/definitions/device" }
+    },
     "idmapping": {
       "type": "object",
       "additionalProperties": false,
@@ -265,6 +280,7 @@ var schema = string(`
         "mounts": { "$ref": "#/definitions/mounts" },
         "binds": { "$ref": "#/definitions/strings" },
         "binds.add": { "$ref": "#/definitions/strings" },
+        "devices": { "$ref": "#/definitions/devices" },
         "tmpfs": { "$ref": "#/definitions/strings" },
         "command": { "$ref": "#/definitions/strings" },
         "env": { "$ref": "#/definitions/strings" },