diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go
index 22d82acb4e2..ca697ae8404 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go
@@ -317,6 +317,20 @@ func writeFile(dir, file, data string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func writeFileIfExist(dir, file, data string) error {
+	if dir == "" {
+		return writeFile(dir, file, data)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, file)); err != nil {
+		if !os.IsExist(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return writeFile(dir, file, data)
+}
+
 func readFile(dir, file string) (string, error) {
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, file))
 	return string(data), err
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go
index ad395a5d621..9a01e7f2907 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go
@@ -162,6 +162,24 @@ func (s *MemoryGroup) Set(path string, cgroup *configs.Cgroup) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if v := cgroup.Resources.MemoryForceEmptyCtl; v != -1 {
+		if err := writeFileIfExist(path, "memory.force_empty_ctl", strconv.FormatInt(v, 10)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if v := cgroup.Resources.MemoryWmarkRatio; v >= 0 && v <= 100 {
+		if err := writeFileIfExist(path, "memory.wmark_ratio", strconv.FormatInt(v, 10)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if v := cgroup.Resources.MemoryExtraInBytes; v > 0 {
+		if err := writeFileIfExist(path, "memory.extra_in_bytes", strconv.FormatInt(v, 10)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	if cgroup.Resources.KernelMemory != 0 {
 		if err := setKernelMemory(path, cgroup.Resources.KernelMemory); err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/libcontainer/configs/cgroup_linux.go b/libcontainer/configs/cgroup_linux.go
index e15a662f522..9f7131b3d66 100644
--- a/libcontainer/configs/cgroup_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/configs/cgroup_linux.go
@@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ type Resources struct {
 	// Kernel memory limit for TCP use (in bytes)
 	KernelMemoryTCP int64 `json:"kernel_memory_tcp"`
 
+	// MemoryWmarkRatio is an integer value representing this container's memory low water mark percentage.
+	// The value of memory low water mark is memory.limit_in_bytes * MemoryWmarkRatio.
+	// The range is in [0, 100].
+	MemoryWmarkRatio int64 `json:"memory_wmark_ratio"`
+
+	// MemoryExtra is an integer value representing this container's memory high water mark percentage.
+	// The range is in [0, 100].
+	MemoryExtraInBytes int64 `json:"memory_extra_in_bytes"`
+
+	// MemoryForceEmptyCtl represents whether to reclaim the page cache when deleting cgroup
+	MemoryForceEmptyCtl int64 `json:"memory_force_empty_ctl"`
+
 	// CPU shares (relative weight vs. other containers)
 	CpuShares uint64 `json:"cpu_shares"`
 
diff --git a/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go b/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
index ab841a7e522..95f5e1f1323 100644
--- a/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -283,6 +284,27 @@ func createCgroupConfig(opts *CreateOpts) (*configs.Cgroup, error) {
 		Resources: &configs.Resources{},
 	}
 
+	// deal with data passed in spec annotations
+	if spec.Annotations != nil {
+		if v, ok := spec.Annotations["__memory_wmark_ratio"]; ok {
+			if n, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64); err == nil {
+				c.Resources.MemoryWmarkRatio = n
+			}
+		}
+
+		if v, ok := spec.Annotations["__memory_extra_in_bytes"]; ok {
+			if n, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64); err == nil {
+				c.Resources.MemoryExtraInBytes = n
+			}
+		}
+
+		if v, ok := spec.Annotations["__memory_force_empty_ctl"]; ok {
+			if n, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64); err == nil {
+				c.Resources.MemoryForceEmptyCtl = n
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	if spec.Linux != nil && spec.Linux.CgroupsPath != "" {
 		myCgroupPath = libcontainerUtils.CleanPath(spec.Linux.CgroupsPath)
 		if useSystemdCgroup {
diff --git a/update.go b/update.go
index 133be999685..f57f005dc85 100644
--- a/update.go
+++ b/update.go
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ other options are ignored.
 		config.Cgroups.Resources.MemoryReservation = *r.Memory.Reservation
 		config.Cgroups.Resources.MemorySwap = *r.Memory.Swap
 		config.Cgroups.Resources.PidsLimit = r.Pids.Limit
+		config.Cgroups.Resources.MemoryWmarkRatio = -1
 
 		return container.Set(config)
 	},