diff --git a/docs/containers.md b/docs/containers.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..261a7a0792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/containers.md
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Container with Kubernetes
+
+## Capabilities
+
+By default, Docker containers are "unprivileged" and cannot, for example, run a Docker daemon inside a Docker container. We can have fine grain control over the capabilities using cap-add and cap-drop.More details [here](https://docs.docker.com/reference/run/#runtime-privilege-linux-capabilities-and-lxc-configuration).
+
+The relationship between Docker's capabilities and [Linux capabilities](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/capabilities.7.html)
+
+| Docker's capabilities | Linux capabilities |
+| ---- | ---- |
+| SETPCAP |  CAP_SETPCAP |
+| SYS_MODULE |  CAP_SYS_MODULE |
+| SYS_RAWIO |  CAP_SYS_RAWIO |
+| SYS_PACCT |  CAP_SYS_PACCT |
+| SYS_ADMIN |  CAP_SYS_ADMIN |
+| SYS_NICE |  CAP_SYS_NICE |
+| SYS_RESOURCE |  CAP_SYS_RESOURCE |
+| SYS_TIME |  CAP_SYS_TIME |
+| SYS_TTY_CONFIG |  CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG |
+| MKNOD |  CAP_MKNOD |
+| AUDIT_WRITE |  CAP_AUDIT_WRITE |
+| AUDIT_CONTROL |  CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL |
+| MAC_OVERRIDE |  CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE |
+| MAC_ADMIN |  CAP_MAC_ADMIN |
+| NET_ADMIN |  CAP_NET_ADMIN |
+| SYSLOG |  CAP_SYSLOG |
+| CHOWN |  CAP_CHOWN |
+| NET_RAW |  CAP_NET_RAW |
+| DAC_OVERRIDE |  CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE |
+| FOWNER |  CAP_FOWNER |
+| DAC_READ_SEARCH |  CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH |
+| FSETID |  CAP_FSETID |
+| KILL |  CAP_KILL |
+| SETGID |  CAP_SETGID |
+| SETUID |  CAP_SETUID |
+| LINUX_IMMUTABLE |  CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE |
+| NET_BIND_SERVICE |  CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE |
+| NET_BROADCAST |  CAP_NET_BROADCAST |
+| IPC_LOCK |  CAP_IPC_LOCK |
+| IPC_OWNER |  CAP_IPC_OWNER |
+| SYS_CHROOT |  CAP_SYS_CHROOT |
+| SYS_PTRACE |  CAP_SYS_PTRACE |
+| SYS_BOOT |  CAP_SYS_BOOT |
+| LEASE |  CAP_LEASE |
+| SETFCAP |  CAP_SETFCAP |
+| WAKE_ALARM |  CAP_WAKE_ALARM |
+| BLOCK_SUSPEND |  CAP_BLOCK_SUSPEND |
diff --git a/pkg/api/types.go b/pkg/api/types.go
index 20c8b51047..a9179a16b2 100644
--- a/pkg/api/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/types.go
@@ -293,6 +293,17 @@ const (
 	PullIfNotPresent PullPolicy = "IfNotPresent"
 )
 
+// CapabilityType represent POSIX capabilities type
+type CapabilityType string
+
+// Capabilities represent POSIX capabilities that can be added or removed to a running container.
+type Capabilities struct {
+	// Added capabilities
+	Add []CapabilityType `json:"add,omitempty"`
+	// Removed capabilities
+	Drop []CapabilityType `json:"drop,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // Container represents a single container that is expected to be run on the host.
 type Container struct {
 	// Required: This must be a DNS_LABEL.  Each container in a pod must
@@ -319,6 +330,8 @@ type Container struct {
 	Privileged bool `json:"privileged,omitempty"`
 	// Optional: Policy for pulling images for this container
 	ImagePullPolicy PullPolicy `json:"imagePullPolicy"`
+	// Optional: Capabilities for container.
+	Capabilities Capabilities `json:"capabilities,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Handler defines a specific action that should be taken
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
index 99d1460e05..6940734702 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -241,6 +241,17 @@ const (
 	PullIfNotPresent PullPolicy = "PullIfNotPresent"
 )
 
+// CapabilityType represent POSIX capabilities type
+type CapabilityType string
+
+// Capabilities represent POSIX capabilities that can be added or removed to a running container.
+type Capabilities struct {
+	// Added capabilities
+	Add []CapabilityType `json:"add,omitempty" description:"added capabilities"`
+	// Removed capabilities
+	Drop []CapabilityType `json:"drop,omitempty" description:"droped capabilities"`
+}
+
 // Container represents a single container that is expected to be run on the host.
 type Container struct {
 	// Required: This must be a DNS_LABEL.  Each container in a pod must
@@ -267,6 +278,8 @@ type Container struct {
 	Privileged bool `json:"privileged,omitempty" description:"whether or not the container is granted privileged status; defaults to false"`
 	// Optional: Policy for pulling images for this container
 	ImagePullPolicy PullPolicy `json:"imagePullPolicy" description:"image pull policy; one of PullAlways, PullNever, PullIfNotPresent; defaults to PullAlways if :latest tag is specified, or PullIfNotPresent otherwise"`
+	// Optional: Capabilities for container.
+	Capabilities Capabilities `json:"capabilities,omitempty" description:"capabilities for container"`
 }
 
 // Handler defines a specific action that should be taken
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
index 39c1eb4953..052b4ee777 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
@@ -205,6 +205,17 @@ const (
 	PullIfNotPresent PullPolicy = "PullIfNotPresent"
 )
 
+// CapabilityType represent POSIX capabilities type
+type CapabilityType string
+
+// Capabilities represent POSIX capabilities that can be added or removed to a running container.
+type Capabilities struct {
+	// Added capabilities
+	Add []CapabilityType `json:"add,omitempty" description:"added capabilities"`
+	// Removed capabilities
+	Drop []CapabilityType `json:"drop,omitempty" description:"droped capabilities"`
+}
+
 // Container represents a single container that is expected to be run on the host.
 type Container struct {
 	// Required: This must be a DNS_LABEL.  Each container in a pod must
@@ -231,6 +242,8 @@ type Container struct {
 	Privileged bool `json:"privileged,omitempty" description:"whether or not the container is granted privileged status; defaults to false"`
 	// Optional: Policy for pulling images for this container
 	ImagePullPolicy PullPolicy `json:"imagePullPolicy" description:"image pull policy; one of PullAlways, PullNever, PullIfNotPresent; defaults to PullAlways if :latest tag is specified, or PullIfNotPresent otherwise"`
+	// Optional: Capabilities for container.
+	Capabilities Capabilities `json:"capabilities,omitempty" description:"capabilities for container"`
 }
 
 // Handler defines a specific action that should be taken
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go
index 015e546602..26c7a07478 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go
@@ -311,6 +311,17 @@ const (
 	PullIfNotPresent PullPolicy = "IfNotPresent"
 )
 
+// CapabilityType represent POSIX capabilities type
+type CapabilityType string
+
+// Capabilities represent POSIX capabilities that can be added or removed to a running container.
+type Capabilities struct {
+	// Added capabilities
+	Add []CapabilityType `json:"add,omitempty"`
+	// Removed capabilities
+	Drop []CapabilityType `json:"drop,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // Container represents a single container that is expected to be run on the host.
 type Container struct {
 	// Required: This must be a DNS_LABEL.  Each container in a pod must
@@ -337,6 +348,8 @@ type Container struct {
 	Privileged bool `json:"privileged,omitempty"`
 	// Optional: Policy for pulling images for this container
 	ImagePullPolicy PullPolicy `json:"imagePullPolicy"`
+	// Optional: Capabilities for container.
+	Capabilities Capabilities `json:"capabilities,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Handler defines a specific action that should be taken
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 5d011a81cf..cc6d060d97 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -527,6 +527,20 @@ func milliCPUToShares(milliCPU int64) int64 {
 	return shares
 }
 
+func makeCapabilites(capAdd []api.CapabilityType, capDrop []api.CapabilityType) ([]string, []string) {
+	var (
+		addCaps  []string
+		dropCaps []string
+	)
+	for _, cap := range capAdd {
+		addCaps = append(addCaps, string(cap))
+	}
+	for _, cap := range capDrop {
+		dropCaps = append(dropCaps, string(cap))
+	}
+	return addCaps, dropCaps
+}
+
 // A basic interface that knows how to execute handlers
 type actionHandler interface {
 	Run(podFullName string, uid types.UID, container *api.Container, handler *api.Handler) error
@@ -675,12 +689,16 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) runContainer(pod *api.BoundPod, container *api.Container, pod
 	} else if container.Privileged {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("container requested privileged mode, but it is disallowed globally.")
 	}
+
+	capAdd, capDrop := makeCapabilites(container.Capabilities.Add, container.Capabilities.Drop)
 	hc := &docker.HostConfig{
 		PortBindings: portBindings,
 		Binds:        binds,
 		NetworkMode:  netMode,
 		IpcMode:      ipcMode,
 		Privileged:   privileged,
+		CapAdd:       capAdd,
+		CapDrop:      capDrop,
 	}
 	if pod.Spec.DNSPolicy == api.DNSClusterFirst {
 		if err := kl.applyClusterDNS(hc, pod); err != nil {