diff --git a/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go b/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
index 305db6ecf..243415fee 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
@@ -162,13 +162,14 @@ func ephemeralPath() string {
 // KataAgentConfig is a structure storing information needed
 // to reach the Kata Containers agent.
 type KataAgentConfig struct {
-	LongLiveConn  bool
-	UseVSock      bool
-	Debug         bool
-	Trace         bool
-	TraceMode     string
-	TraceType     string
-	KernelModules []string
+	LongLiveConn      bool
+	UseVSock          bool
+	Debug             bool
+	Trace             bool
+	ContainerPipeSize uint32
+	TraceMode         string
+	TraceType         string
+	KernelModules     []string
 }
 
 // KataAgentState is the structure describing the data stored from this
@@ -265,6 +266,11 @@ func KataAgentKernelParams(config KataAgentConfig) []Param {
 		params = append(params, Param{Key: "agent.trace", Value: config.TraceType})
 	}
 
+	if config.ContainerPipeSize > 0 {
+		containerPipeSize := strconv.FormatUint(uint64(config.ContainerPipeSize), 10)
+		params = append(params, Param{Key: vcAnnotations.ContainerPipeSizeKernelParam, Value: containerPipeSize})
+	}
+
 	return params
 }
 
diff --git a/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go b/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
index 690bbd105..f13e3277d 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	vcAnnotations "github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"os"
@@ -923,11 +924,12 @@ func TestKataAgentKernelParams(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
 	type testData struct {
-		debug          bool
-		trace          bool
-		traceMode      string
-		traceType      string
-		expectedParams []Param
+		debug             bool
+		trace             bool
+		containerPipeSize uint32
+		traceMode         string
+		traceType         string
+		expectedParams    []Param
 	}
 
 	debugParam := Param{Key: "agent.log", Value: "debug"}
@@ -937,58 +939,64 @@ func TestKataAgentKernelParams(t *testing.T) {
 
 	traceFooParam := Param{Key: "agent.trace", Value: "foo"}
 
+	containerPipeSizeParam := Param{Key: vcAnnotations.ContainerPipeSizeKernelParam, Value: "2097152"}
+
 	data := []testData{
-		{false, false, "", "", []Param{}},
-		{true, false, "", "", []Param{debugParam}},
+		{false, false, 0, "", "", []Param{}},
+		{true, false, 0, "", "", []Param{debugParam}},
 
-		{false, false, "foo", "", []Param{}},
-		{false, false, "foo", "", []Param{}},
-		{false, false, "", "foo", []Param{}},
-		{false, false, "", "foo", []Param{}},
-		{false, false, "foo", "foo", []Param{}},
-		{false, true, "foo", "foo", []Param{}},
+		{false, false, 0, "foo", "", []Param{}},
+		{false, false, 0, "foo", "", []Param{}},
+		{false, false, 0, "", "foo", []Param{}},
+		{false, false, 0, "", "foo", []Param{}},
+		{false, false, 0, "foo", "foo", []Param{}},
+		{false, true, 0, "foo", "foo", []Param{}},
 
-		{false, false, agentTraceModeDynamic, "", []Param{}},
-		{false, false, agentTraceModeStatic, "", []Param{}},
-		{false, false, "", agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{}},
-		{false, false, "", agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{}},
-		{false, false, "foo", agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{}},
-		{false, false, "foo", agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{}},
+		{false, false, 0, agentTraceModeDynamic, "", []Param{}},
+		{false, false, 0, agentTraceModeStatic, "", []Param{}},
+		{false, false, 0, "", agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{}},
+		{false, false, 0, "", agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{}},
+		{false, false, 0, "foo", agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{}},
+		{false, false, 0, "foo", agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{}},
 
-		{false, false, agentTraceModeDynamic, agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{}},
-		{false, false, agentTraceModeDynamic, agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{}},
+		{false, false, 0, agentTraceModeDynamic, agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{}},
+		{false, false, 0, agentTraceModeDynamic, agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{}},
 
-		{false, false, agentTraceModeStatic, agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{}},
-		{false, false, agentTraceModeStatic, agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{}},
+		{false, false, 0, agentTraceModeStatic, agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{}},
+		{false, false, 0, agentTraceModeStatic, agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{}},
 
-		{false, true, agentTraceModeDynamic, agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{}},
-		{false, true, agentTraceModeDynamic, agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{}},
-		{true, true, agentTraceModeDynamic, agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{debugParam}},
+		{false, true, 0, agentTraceModeDynamic, agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{}},
+		{false, true, 0, agentTraceModeDynamic, agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{}},
+		{true, true, 0, agentTraceModeDynamic, agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{debugParam}},
 
-		{false, true, "", agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{}},
-		{false, true, "", agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{}},
-		{true, true, "", agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{debugParam}},
-		{true, true, "", agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{debugParam}},
-		{false, true, "foo", agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{}},
-		{false, true, "foo", agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{}},
-		{true, true, "foo", agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{debugParam}},
-		{true, true, "foo", agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{debugParam}},
+		{false, true, 0, "", agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{}},
+		{false, true, 0, "", agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{}},
+		{true, true, 0, "", agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{debugParam}},
+		{true, true, 0, "", agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{debugParam}},
+		{false, true, 0, "foo", agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{}},
+		{false, true, 0, "foo", agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{}},
+		{true, true, 0, "foo", agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{debugParam}},
+		{true, true, 0, "foo", agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{debugParam}},
 
-		{false, true, agentTraceModeStatic, agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{traceIsolatedParam}},
-		{false, true, agentTraceModeStatic, agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{traceCollatedParam}},
-		{true, true, agentTraceModeStatic, agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{traceIsolatedParam, debugParam}},
-		{true, true, agentTraceModeStatic, agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{traceCollatedParam, debugParam}},
+		{false, true, 0, agentTraceModeStatic, agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{traceIsolatedParam}},
+		{false, true, 0, agentTraceModeStatic, agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{traceCollatedParam}},
+		{true, true, 0, agentTraceModeStatic, agentTraceTypeIsolated, []Param{traceIsolatedParam, debugParam}},
+		{true, true, 0, agentTraceModeStatic, agentTraceTypeCollated, []Param{traceCollatedParam, debugParam}},
 
-		{false, true, agentTraceModeStatic, "foo", []Param{traceFooParam}},
-		{true, true, agentTraceModeStatic, "foo", []Param{debugParam, traceFooParam}},
+		{false, true, 0, agentTraceModeStatic, "foo", []Param{traceFooParam}},
+		{true, true, 0, agentTraceModeStatic, "foo", []Param{debugParam, traceFooParam}},
+
+		{false, false, 0, "", "", []Param{}},
+		{false, false, 2097152, "", "", []Param{containerPipeSizeParam}},
 	}
 
 	for i, d := range data {
 		config := KataAgentConfig{
-			Debug:     d.debug,
-			Trace:     d.trace,
-			TraceMode: d.traceMode,
-			TraceType: d.traceType,
+			Debug:             d.debug,
+			Trace:             d.trace,
+			TraceMode:         d.traceMode,
+			TraceType:         d.traceType,
+			ContainerPipeSize: d.containerPipeSize,
 		}
 
 		count := len(d.expectedParams)
diff --git a/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go b/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
index 14da6eb59..f18e3ffed 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
@@ -237,6 +237,11 @@ const (
 
 	// AgentTraceMode is a sandbox annotation to specify the trace type for the agent.
 	AgentTraceType = kataAnnotAgentPrefix + "trace_type"
+
+	// AgentContainerPipeSize is an annotation to specify the size of the pipes created for containers
+	AgentContainerPipeSize       = kataAnnotAgentPrefix + ContainerPipeSizeOption
+	ContainerPipeSizeOption      = "container_pipe_size"
+	ContainerPipeSizeKernelParam = "agent." + ContainerPipeSizeOption
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go b/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go
index 9fa517ee4..296f4b059 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go
@@ -775,6 +775,14 @@ func addAgentConfigOverrides(ocispec specs.Spec, config *vc.SandboxConfig) error
 		c.TraceType = value
 	}
 
+	if value, ok := ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.AgentContainerPipeSize]; ok {
+		containerPipeSize, err := strconv.ParseUint(value, 10, 32)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Error parsing annotation for %s: Please specify uint32 value", vcAnnotations.AgentContainerPipeSize)
+		}
+		c.ContainerPipeSize = uint32(containerPipeSize)
+	}
+
 	config.AgentConfig = c
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils_test.go b/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
index d8815efa4..c53ca2458 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
@@ -701,13 +701,37 @@ func TestAddAgentAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 			"e1000e InterruptThrottleRate=3000,3000,3000 EEE=1",
 			"i915 enable_ppgtt=0",
 		},
+		ContainerPipeSize: 1024,
 	}
 
 	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.KernelModules] = strings.Join(expectedAgentConfig.KernelModules, KernelModulesSeparator)
+	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.AgentContainerPipeSize] = "1024"
 	addAnnotations(ocispec, &config)
 	assert.Exactly(expectedAgentConfig, config.AgentConfig)
 }
 
+func TestContainerPipeSizeAnnotation(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	config := vc.SandboxConfig{
+		Annotations: make(map[string]string),
+		AgentConfig: vc.KataAgentConfig{},
+	}
+
+	ocispec := specs.Spec{
+		Annotations: make(map[string]string),
+	}
+
+	expectedAgentConfig := vc.KataAgentConfig{
+		ContainerPipeSize: 0,
+	}
+
+	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.AgentContainerPipeSize] = "foo"
+	err := addAnnotations(ocispec, &config)
+	assert.Error(err)
+	assert.Exactly(expectedAgentConfig, config.AgentConfig)
+}
+
 func TestAddHypervisorAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
diff --git a/virtcontainers/vm_test.go b/virtcontainers/vm_test.go
index e449590f5..36fd5c2f0 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/vm_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/vm_test.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func TestVMConfigGrpc(t *testing.T) {
 		HypervisorType:   QemuHypervisor,
 		HypervisorConfig: newQemuConfig(),
 		AgentType:        KataContainersAgent,
-		AgentConfig:      KataAgentConfig{false, true, false, false, "", "", []string{}},
+		AgentConfig:      KataAgentConfig{false, true, false, false, 0, "", "", []string{}},
 		ProxyType:        NoopProxyType,
 	}