diff --git a/contrib/nydusify/cmd/nydusify.go b/contrib/nydusify/cmd/nydusify.go
index a4ff5856780..590ef133e05 100644
--- a/contrib/nydusify/cmd/nydusify.go
+++ b/contrib/nydusify/cmd/nydusify.go
@@ -1179,6 +1179,13 @@ func main() {
 					Usage:   "Containerd address, optionally with \"unix://\" prefix [$CONTAINERD_ADDRESS] (default \"/run/containerd/containerd.sock\")",
 					EnvVars: []string{"CONTAINERD_ADDR"},
 				},
+				&cli.StringFlag{
+					Name:    "namespace",
+					Aliases: []string{"n"},
+					Value:   "default",
+					Usage:   "Container namespace, default with \"default\" namespace",
+					EnvVars: []string{"NAMESPACE"},
+				},
 				&cli.StringFlag{
 					Name:     "container",
 					Required: true,
@@ -1244,6 +1251,7 @@ func main() {
 					WorkDir:           c.String("work-dir"),
 					NydusImagePath:    c.String("nydus-image"),
 					ContainerdAddress: c.String("containerd-address"),
+					Namespace:         c.String("namespace"),
 					ContainerID:       c.String("container"),
 					TargetRef:         c.String("target"),
 					SourceInsecure:    c.Bool("source-insecure"),
diff --git a/contrib/nydusify/pkg/committer/commiter.go b/contrib/nydusify/pkg/committer/commiter.go
index 8deafa6981e..8dd8eef6ac7 100644
--- a/contrib/nydusify/pkg/committer/commiter.go
+++ b/contrib/nydusify/pkg/committer/commiter.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/content/local"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/namespaces"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/reference/docker"
 	"github.com/containerd/nydus-snapshotter/pkg/converter"
 	"github.com/dragonflyoss/nydus/contrib/nydusify/pkg/committer/diff"
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ type Opt struct {
 	WorkDir           string
 	ContainerdAddress string
 	NydusImagePath    string
+	Namespace         string
 
 	ContainerID    string
 	SourceInsecure bool
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ func NewCommitter(opt Opt) (*Committer, error) {
 }
 
 func (cm *Committer) Commit(ctx context.Context, opt Opt) error {
+	ctx = namespaces.WithNamespace(ctx, opt.Namespace)
 	targetRef, err := ValidateRef(opt.TargetRef)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "parse target image name")
diff --git a/contrib/nydusify/pkg/committer/manager.go b/contrib/nydusify/pkg/committer/manager.go
index dfa3a51dbba..6816171ca4f 100644
--- a/contrib/nydusify/pkg/committer/manager.go
+++ b/contrib/nydusify/pkg/committer/manager.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/namespaces"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/oci"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ func NewManager(addr string) (*Manager, error) {
 }
 
 func (m *Manager) Pause(ctx context.Context, containerID string) error {
-	ctx = namespaces.WithNamespace(ctx, "default")
 	client, err := containerd.New(m.address)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "create client")
@@ -58,7 +56,6 @@ func (m *Manager) Pause(ctx context.Context, containerID string) error {
 }
 
 func (m *Manager) UnPause(ctx context.Context, containerID string) error {
-	ctx = namespaces.WithNamespace(ctx, "default")
 	client, err := containerd.New(m.address)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "create client")
@@ -76,7 +73,6 @@ func (m *Manager) UnPause(ctx context.Context, containerID string) error {
 }
 
 func (m *Manager) Inspect(ctx context.Context, containerID string) (*InspectResult, error) {
-	ctx = namespaces.WithNamespace(ctx, "default")
 	client, err := containerd.New(m.address)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "create client")