diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 197397c472..9e6a61274a 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ const (
 	//
 	// Enable nodes to exclude themselves from service load balancers
 	ServiceNodeExclusion utilfeature.Feature = "ServiceNodeExclusion"
+
+	// owner: @jsafrane
+	// alpha: v1.9
+	//
+	// Enable running mount utilities in containers.
+	MountContainers utilfeature.Feature = "MountContainers"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -201,6 +207,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[utilfeature.Feature]utilfeature.FeatureS
 	ExpandPersistentVolumes:                     {Default: false, PreRelease: utilfeature.Alpha},
 	CPUManager:                                  {Default: false, PreRelease: utilfeature.Alpha},
 	ServiceNodeExclusion:                        {Default: false, PreRelease: utilfeature.Alpha},
+	MountContainers:                             {Default: false, PreRelease: utilfeature.Alpha},
 
 	// inherited features from generic apiserver, relisted here to get a conflict if it is changed
 	// unintentionally on either side: