diff --git a/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service b/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service
index 1605e2896d..3b658fd962 100644
--- a/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service
+++ b/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Type=notify
 # the default is not to use systemd for cgroups because the delegate issues still
 # exists and systemd currently does not support the cgroup feature set required
 # for containers run by docker
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd://
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
 TimeoutSec=0
 RestartSec=2