diff --git a/libcontainerd/remote_linux.go b/libcontainerd/remote_linux.go
index 1a6ccf387c..883c84b743 100644
--- a/libcontainerd/remote_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainerd/remote_linux.go
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ func (r *remote) runContainerdDaemon() error {
 		"--shim", "docker-containerd-shim",
 		"--runtime", "docker-runc",
 		"--metrics-interval=0",
+		"--start-timeout", "2m",
 		"--state-dir", filepath.Join(r.stateDir, containerdStateDir),
 	}
 	if r.debugLog {