diff --git a/docs/yaml.md b/docs/yaml.md
index 9b3233a23..094fb38f1 100644
--- a/docs/yaml.md
+++ b/docs/yaml.md
@@ -181,6 +181,50 @@ bind mounted into a container.
 There are experimental `userns`, `uidMappings` and `gidMappings` options for user namespaces but these are not yet supported, and may have
 permissions issues in use.
 
+In addition to the parts of the specification above used to generate the OCI spec, there is a `runtime` section in the image specification
+which specifies some actions to take place when the container is being started.
+- `mkdir` takes a list of directories to create at runtime, in the root mount namespace. These are created before the container is started, so they can be used to create
+  directories for bind mounts, for example in `/tmp` or `/run` which would otherwise be empty.
+- `interface` defines a list of actions to perform on a network interface:
+  - `name` specifies the name of an interface. An existing interface with this name will be moved into the container's network namespace.
+  - `add` specifies a type of interface to be created in the containers namespace, with the specified name.
+  - `createInRoot` is a boolean which specifes that the interface being `add`ed should be created in the root namespace first, then moved. This is needed for `wireguard` interfaces.
+  - `peer` specifies the name of the other end when creating a `veth` interface. This end will remain in the root namespace, where it can be attached to a bridge. Specifying this implies `add: veth`.
+- `bindNS` specifies a namespace type and a path where the namespace from the container being created will be bound. This allows a namespace to be set up in an `onboot` container, and then
+  using `net: path` for a `service` container to use that network namespace later.
+
+An example of using the `runtime` config to configure a network namespace with `wireguard` and then run `nginx` in that namespace is shown below:
+```
+onboot:
+  - name: dhcpcd
+    image: linuxkit/dhcpcd:<hash>
+    command: ["/sbin/dhcpcd", "--nobackground", "-f", "/dhcpcd.conf", "-1"]
+  - name: wg
+    image: linuxkit/ip:<hash>
+    net: new
+    binds:
+      - /etc/wireguard:/etc/wireguard
+    command: ["sh", "-c", "ip link set dev wg0 up; ip address add dev wg0 192.168.2.1 peer 192.168.2.2; wg setconf wg0 /etc/wireguard/wg0.conf; wg show wg0"]
+    runtime:
+      interfaces:
+        - name: wg0
+          add: wireguard
+          createInRoot: true
+      bindNS:
+        net: /run/netns/wg
+services:
+  - name: nginx
+    image: nginx:alpine
+    net: /run/netns/wg
+    capabilities:
+     - CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
+     - CAP_CHOWN
+     - CAP_SETUID
+     - CAP_SETGID
+     - CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE
+```
+
+
 ### 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/src/moby/build.go b/src/moby/build.go
index 6ac138fe3..f98d01e75 100644
--- a/src/moby/build.go
+++ b/src/moby/build.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func enforceContentTrust(fullImageName string, config *TrustConfig) bool {
 func outputImage(image Image, section string, prefix string, m Moby, idMap map[string]uint32, pull bool, iw *tar.Writer) error {
 	log.Infof("  Create OCI config for %s", image.Image)
 	useTrust := enforceContentTrust(image.Image, &m.Trust)
-	oci, err := ConfigToOCI(image, useTrust, idMap)
+	oci, runtime, err := ConfigToOCI(image, useTrust, idMap)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to create OCI spec for %s: %v", image.Image, err)
 	}
@@ -131,9 +131,13 @@ func outputImage(image Image, section string, prefix string, m Moby, idMap map[s
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to create config for %s: %v", image.Image, err)
 	}
+	runtimeConfig, err := json.MarshalIndent(runtime, "", "    ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to create runtime config for %s: %v", image.Image, err)
+	}
 	path := path.Join("containers", section, prefix+image.Name)
 	readonly := oci.Root.Readonly
-	err = ImageBundle(path, image.Image, config, iw, useTrust, pull, readonly)
+	err = ImageBundle(path, image.Image, config, runtimeConfig, iw, useTrust, pull, readonly)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to extract root filesystem for %s: %v", image.Image, err)
 	}
diff --git a/src/moby/config.go b/src/moby/config.go
index 39603f1e0..7945966f4 100644
--- a/src/moby/config.go
+++ b/src/moby/config.go
@@ -88,6 +88,33 @@ type Image struct {
 	Rlimits           *[]string               `yaml:"rlimits" json:"rlimits,omitempty"`
 	UIDMappings       *[]specs.LinuxIDMapping `yaml:"uidMappings" json:"uidMappings,omitempty"`
 	GIDMappings       *[]specs.LinuxIDMapping `yaml:"gidMappings" json:"gidMappings,omitempty"`
+	Runtime           *Runtime                `yaml:"runtime" json:"runtime,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// Runtime is the type of config processed at runtime, not used to build the OCI spec
+type Runtime struct {
+	Mkdir      []string    `yaml:"mkdir" json:"mkdir,omitempty"`
+	Interfaces []Interface `yaml:"interfaces" json:"interfaces,omitempty"`
+	BindNS     *Namespaces `yaml:"bindNS" json:"bindNS,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// Namespaces is the type for configuring paths to bind namespaces
+type Namespaces struct {
+	Cgroup string `yaml:"cgroup" json:"cgroup,omitempty"`
+	Ipc    string `yaml:"ipc" json:"ipc,omitempty"`
+	Mnt    string `yaml:"mnt" json:"mnt,omitempty"`
+	Net    string `yaml:"net" json:"net,omitempty"`
+	Pid    string `yaml:"pid" json:"pid,omitempty"`
+	User   string `yaml:"user" json:"user,omitempty"`
+	Uts    string `yaml:"uts" json:"uts,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// Interface is the runtime config for network interfaces
+type Interface struct {
+	Name         string `yaml:"name" json:"name,omitempty"`
+	Add          string `yaml:"add" json:"add,omitempty"`
+	Peer         string `yaml:"peer" json:"peer,omitempty"`
+	CreateInRoot bool   `yaml:"createInRoot" json:"createInRoot"`
 }
 
 // github.com/go-yaml/yaml treats map keys as interface{} while encoding/json
@@ -261,26 +288,26 @@ func NewImage(config []byte) (Image, error) {
 	return mi, nil
 }
 
-// ConfigToOCI converts a config specification to an OCI config file
-func ConfigToOCI(image Image, trust bool, idMap map[string]uint32) (specs.Spec, error) {
+// ConfigToOCI converts a config specification to an OCI config file and a runtime config
+func ConfigToOCI(image Image, trust bool, idMap map[string]uint32) (specs.Spec, Runtime, error) {
 
 	// TODO pass through same docker client to all functions
 	cli, err := dockerClient()
 	if err != nil {
-		return specs.Spec{}, err
+		return specs.Spec{}, Runtime{}, err
 	}
 
 	inspect, err := dockerInspectImage(cli, image.Image, trust)
 	if err != nil {
-		return specs.Spec{}, err
+		return specs.Spec{}, Runtime{}, err
 	}
 
-	oci, err := ConfigInspectToOCI(image, inspect, idMap)
+	oci, runtime, err := ConfigInspectToOCI(image, inspect, idMap)
 	if err != nil {
-		return specs.Spec{}, err
+		return specs.Spec{}, Runtime{}, err
 	}
 
-	return oci, nil
+	return oci, runtime, nil
 }
 
 func defaultMountpoint(tp string) string {
@@ -471,6 +498,17 @@ func assignResources(v1, v2 *specs.LinuxResources) specs.LinuxResources {
 	return specs.LinuxResources{}
 }
 
+// assignRuntime does ordered overrides from Runtime
+func assignRuntime(v1, v2 *Runtime) Runtime {
+	if v2 != nil {
+		return *v2
+	}
+	if v1 != nil {
+		return *v1
+	}
+	return Runtime{}
+}
+
 // assignStringEmpty does ordered overrides if strings are empty, for
 // values where there is always an explicit override eg "none"
 func assignStringEmpty(v1, v2 string) string {
@@ -570,8 +608,9 @@ func idNumeric(v interface{}, idMap map[string]uint32) (uint32, error) {
 }
 
 // ConfigInspectToOCI converts a config and the output of image inspect to an OCI config
-func ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml Image, inspect types.ImageInspect, idMap map[string]uint32) (specs.Spec, error) {
+func ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml Image, inspect types.ImageInspect, idMap map[string]uint32) (specs.Spec, Runtime, error) {
 	oci := specs.Spec{}
+	runtime := Runtime{}
 
 	var inspectConfig container.Config
 	if inspect.Config != nil {
@@ -585,7 +624,7 @@ func ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml Image, inspect types.ImageInspect, idMap map[string
 		var err error
 		label, err = NewImage([]byte(labelString))
 		if err != nil {
-			return oci, err
+			return oci, runtime, err
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -627,7 +666,7 @@ func ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml Image, inspect types.ImageInspect, idMap map[string
 	for _, t := range assignStrings(label.Tmpfs, yaml.Tmpfs) {
 		parts := strings.Split(t, ":")
 		if len(parts) > 2 {
-			return oci, fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse tmpfs, too many ':': %s", t)
+			return oci, runtime, fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse tmpfs, too many ':': %s", t)
 		}
 		dest := parts[0]
 		opts := []string{}
@@ -639,10 +678,10 @@ func ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml Image, inspect types.ImageInspect, idMap map[string
 	for _, b := range assignStrings(label.Binds, yaml.Binds) {
 		parts := strings.Split(b, ":")
 		if len(parts) < 2 {
-			return oci, fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse bind, missing ':': %s", b)
+			return oci, runtime, fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse bind, missing ':': %s", b)
 		}
 		if len(parts) > 3 {
-			return oci, fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse bind, too many ':': %s", b)
+			return oci, runtime, fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse bind, too many ':': %s", b)
 		}
 		src := parts[0]
 		dest := parts[1]
@@ -667,7 +706,7 @@ func ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml Image, inspect types.ImageInspect, idMap map[string
 			tp = "tmpfs"
 		}
 		if tp == "" {
-			return oci, fmt.Errorf("Mount for destination %s is missing type", dest)
+			return oci, runtime, fmt.Errorf("Mount for destination %s is missing type", dest)
 		}
 		if src == "" {
 			// usually sane, eg proc, tmpfs etc
@@ -677,7 +716,7 @@ func ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml Image, inspect types.ImageInspect, idMap map[string
 			dest = defaultMountpoint(tp)
 		}
 		if dest == "" {
-			return oci, fmt.Errorf("Mount type %s is missing destination", tp)
+			return oci, runtime, fmt.Errorf("Mount type %s is missing destination", tp)
 		}
 		mounts[dest] = specs.Mount{Destination: dest, Type: tp, Source: src, Options: opts}
 	}
@@ -753,7 +792,7 @@ func ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml Image, inspect types.ImageInspect, idMap map[string
 	}
 	for _, capability := range caps {
 		if !capCheck[capability] {
-			return oci, fmt.Errorf("unknown capability: %s", capability)
+			return oci, runtime, fmt.Errorf("unknown capability: %s", capability)
 		}
 		boundingSet[capability] = true
 	}
@@ -768,7 +807,7 @@ func ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml Image, inspect types.ImageInspect, idMap map[string
 	}
 	for _, capability := range ambient {
 		if !capCheck[capability] {
-			return oci, fmt.Errorf("unknown capability: %s", capability)
+			return oci, runtime, fmt.Errorf("unknown capability: %s", capability)
 		}
 		boundingSet[capability] = true
 	}
@@ -797,7 +836,7 @@ func ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml Image, inspect types.ImageInspect, idMap map[string
 				var err error
 				soft, err = strconv.ParseUint(softString, 10, 64)
 				if err != nil {
-					return oci, fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse %s as uint64: %v", softString, err)
+					return oci, runtime, fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse %s as uint64: %v", softString, err)
 				}
 			}
 			hardString := strings.TrimSpace(rs[2])
@@ -807,7 +846,7 @@ func ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml Image, inspect types.ImageInspect, idMap map[string
 				var err error
 				hard, err = strconv.ParseUint(hardString, 10, 64)
 				if err != nil {
-					return oci, fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse %s as uint64: %v", hardString, err)
+					return oci, runtime, fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse %s as uint64: %v", hardString, err)
 				}
 			}
 			switch limit {
@@ -830,10 +869,10 @@ func ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml Image, inspect types.ImageInspect, idMap map[string
 				"RLIMIT_RTTIME":
 				rlimits = append(rlimits, specs.POSIXRlimit{Type: limit, Soft: soft, Hard: hard})
 			default:
-				return oci, fmt.Errorf("Unknown limit: %s", origLimit)
+				return oci, runtime, fmt.Errorf("Unknown limit: %s", origLimit)
 			}
 		default:
-			return oci, fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse rlimit: %s", rlimitsString)
+			return oci, runtime, fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse rlimit: %s", rlimitsString)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -843,17 +882,17 @@ func ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml Image, inspect types.ImageInspect, idMap map[string
 	agIf := assignInterfaceArray(label.AdditionalGids, yaml.AdditionalGids)
 	uid, err := idNumeric(uidIf, idMap)
 	if err != nil {
-		return oci, err
+		return oci, runtime, err
 	}
 	gid, err := idNumeric(gidIf, idMap)
 	if err != nil {
-		return oci, err
+		return oci, runtime, err
 	}
 	additionalGroups := []uint32{}
 	for _, id := range agIf {
 		ag, err := idNumeric(id, idMap)
 		if err != nil {
-			return oci, err
+			return oci, runtime, err
 		}
 		additionalGroups = append(additionalGroups, ag)
 	}
@@ -912,5 +951,7 @@ func ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml Image, inspect types.ImageInspect, idMap map[string
 		// IntelRdt
 	}
 
-	return oci, nil
+	runtime = assignRuntime(label.Runtime, yaml.Runtime)
+
+	return oci, runtime, nil
 }
diff --git a/src/moby/config_test.go b/src/moby/config_test.go
index 7e99aae92..4aa27878f 100644
--- a/src/moby/config_test.go
+++ b/src/moby/config_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TestOverrides(t *testing.T) {
 
 	inspect := setupInspect(t, label)
 
-	oci, err := ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml, inspect, idMap)
+	oci, _, err := ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml, inspect, idMap)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestInvalidCap(t *testing.T) {
 
 	inspect := setupInspect(t, label)
 
-	_, err := ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml, inspect, idMap)
+	_, _, err := ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml, inspect, idMap)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Error("expected error, got valid OCI config")
 	}
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestIdMap(t *testing.T) {
 
 	inspect := setupInspect(t, label)
 
-	oci, err := ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml, inspect, idMap)
+	oci, _, err := ConfigInspectToOCI(yaml, inspect, idMap)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
diff --git a/src/moby/image.go b/src/moby/image.go
index cc0272504..ce5706c8e 100644
--- a/src/moby/image.go
+++ b/src/moby/image.go
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ func ImageTar(image, prefix string, tw tarWriter, trust bool, pull bool, resolv
 }
 
 // ImageBundle produces an OCI bundle at the given path in a tarball, given an image and a config.json
-func ImageBundle(prefix string, image string, config []byte, tw tarWriter, trust bool, pull bool, readonly bool) error {
-	log.Debugf("image bundle: %s %s cfg: %s", prefix, image, string(config))
+func ImageBundle(prefix string, image string, config []byte, runtimeConfig []byte, tw tarWriter, trust bool, pull bool, readonly bool) error {
+	log.Debugf("image bundle: %s %s cfg: %s runtime: %s", prefix, image, string(config), string(runtimeConfig))
 
 	// if read only, just unpack in rootfs/ but otherwise set up for overlay
 	rootfs := "rootfs"
@@ -213,6 +213,23 @@ func ImageBundle(prefix string, image string, config []byte, tw tarWriter, trust
 	if _, err := io.Copy(tw, buf); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
+	// do not write an empty runtime config
+	if string(runtimeConfig) != "{}" {
+		hdr = &tar.Header{
+			Name: path.Join(prefix, "runtime.json"),
+			Mode: 0644,
+			Size: int64(len(runtimeConfig)),
+		}
+		if err := tw.WriteHeader(hdr); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		buf = bytes.NewBuffer(runtimeConfig)
+		if _, err := io.Copy(tw, buf); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	if !readonly {
 		// add a tmp directory to be used as a mount point for tmpfs for upper, work
 		hdr = &tar.Header{
diff --git a/src/moby/schema.go b/src/moby/schema.go
index 043c88d9e..2fd65e838 100644
--- a/src/moby/schema.go
+++ b/src/moby/schema.go
@@ -208,6 +208,42 @@ var schema = string(`
         "network": {"$ref": "#/definitions/network"}
       }
     },
+    "interfaces": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {"$ref": "#/definitions/interface"}
+    },
+    "interface": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "name": {"type": "string"},
+        "add": {"type": "string"},
+        "peer": {"type": "string"},
+        "createInRoot": {"type": "boolean"}
+      }
+    },
+    "namespaces": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "cgroup": {"type": "string"},
+        "ipc": {"type": "string"},
+        "mnt": {"type": "string"},
+        "net": {"type": "string"},
+        "pid": {"type": "string"},
+        "user": {"type": "string"},
+        "uts": {"type": "string"}
+      }
+    },
+    "runtime": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "mkdir": {"$ref": "#/definitions/strings"},
+        "interfaces": {"$ref": "#/definitions/interfaces"},
+        "bindNS": {"$ref": "#/definitions/namespaces"}
+      }
+    },
     "image": {
       "type": "object",
       "additionalProperties": false,
@@ -249,7 +285,8 @@ var schema = string(`
         },
         "rlimits": { "$ref": "#/definitions/strings" },
         "uidMappings": { "$ref": "#/definitions/idmappings" },
-        "gidMappings": { "$ref": "#/definitions/idmappings" }
+        "gidMappings": { "$ref": "#/definitions/idmappings" },
+        "runtime": {"$ref": "#/definitions/runtime"}
       }
     },
     "images": {