4 files changed, 68 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libpod/container.go b/libpod/container.go
index 4e17b1102..62db87fa0 100644
--- a/libpod/container.go
+++ b/libpod/container.go
@@ -346,6 +346,9 @@ type ContainerConfig struct {
 	// IsInfra is a bool indicating whether this container is an infra container used for
 	// sharing kernel namespaces in a pod
 	IsInfra bool `json:"pause"`
+
+	// Systemd tells libpod to setup the container in systemd mode
+	Systemd bool `json:"systemd"`
 }
 
 // ContainerStatus returns a string representation for users
diff --git a/libpod/container_easyjson.go b/libpod/container_easyjson.go
index f78366065..53ad5b7ee 100644
--- a/libpod/container_easyjson.go
+++ b/libpod/container_easyjson.go
@@ -1682,6 +1682,8 @@ func easyjson1dbef17bDecodeGithubComContainersLibpodLibpod2(in *jlexer.Lexer, ou
 			}
 		case "pause":
 			out.IsInfra = bool(in.Bool())
+		case "systemd":
+			out.Systemd = bool(in.Bool())
 		default:
 			in.SkipRecursive()
 		}
@@ -2344,6 +2346,16 @@ func easyjson1dbef17bEncodeGithubComContainersLibpodLibpod2(out *jwriter.Writer,
 		}
 		out.Bool(bool(in.IsInfra))
 	}
+	{
+		const prefix string = ",\"systemd\":"
+		if first {
+			first = false
+			out.RawString(prefix[1:])
+		} else {
+			out.RawString(prefix)
+		}
+		out.Bool(bool(in.Systemd))
+	}
 	out.RawByte('}')
 }
 
diff --git a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
index 0353124dd..05604246f 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ func (c *Container) generateSpec(ctx context.Context) (*spec.Spec, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if c.config.Systemd {
+		c.setupSystemd(g.Mounts(), g)
+	}
+
 	// Look up and add groups the user belongs to, if a group wasn't directly specified
 	if !rootless.IsRootless() && !strings.Contains(c.config.User, ":") {
 		groups, err := chrootuser.GetAdditionalGroupsForUser(c.state.Mountpoint, uint64(g.Config.Process.User.UID))
@@ -294,6 +298,43 @@ func (c *Container) generateSpec(ctx context.Context) (*spec.Spec, error) {
 	return g.Config, nil
 }
 
+// systemd expects to have /run, /run/lock and /tmp on tmpfs
+// It also expects to be able to write to /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd and /var/log/journal
+func (c *Container) setupSystemd(mounts []spec.Mount, g generate.Generator) {
+	options := []string{"rw", "rprivate", "noexec", "nosuid", "nodev"}
+	for _, dest := range []string{"/run", "/run/lock"} {
+		if MountExists(mounts, dest) {
+			continue
+		}
+		tmpfsMnt := spec.Mount{
+			Destination: dest,
+			Type:        "tmpfs",
+			Source:      "tmpfs",
+			Options:     append(options, "tmpcopyup", "size=65536k"),
+		}
+		g.AddMount(tmpfsMnt)
+	}
+	for _, dest := range []string{"/tmp", "/var/log/journal"} {
+		if MountExists(mounts, dest) {
+			continue
+		}
+		tmpfsMnt := spec.Mount{
+			Destination: dest,
+			Type:        "tmpfs",
+			Source:      "tmpfs",
+			Options:     append(options, "tmpcopyup"),
+		}
+		g.AddMount(tmpfsMnt)
+	}
+	systemdMnt := spec.Mount{
+		Destination: "/sys/fs/cgroup/systemd",
+		Type:        "bind",
+		Source:      fmt.Sprintf("/sys/fs/cgroup/systemd%s/libpod-%s", CgroupfsDefaultCgroupParent, c.ID()),
+		Options:     []string{"bind", "private"},
+	}
+	g.AddMount(systemdMnt)
+}
+
 // Add an existing container's namespace to the spec
 func (c *Container) addNamespaceContainer(g *generate.Generator, ns LinuxNS, ctr string, specNS string) error {
 	nsCtr, err := c.runtime.state.Container(ctr)
diff --git a/libpod/options.go b/libpod/options.go
index 9f966cead..228b38ba5 100644
--- a/libpod/options.go
+++ b/libpod/options.go
@@ -349,6 +349,18 @@ func WithShmDir(dir string) CtrCreateOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithSystemd turns on systemd mode in the container
+func WithSystemd() CtrCreateOption {
+	return func(ctr *Container) error {
+		if ctr.valid {
+			return ErrCtrFinalized
+		}
+
+		ctr.config.Systemd = true
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // WithShmSize sets the size of /dev/shm tmpfs mount.
 func WithShmSize(size int64) CtrCreateOption {
 	return func(ctr *Container) error {