diff --git a/runtime/v1/linux/runtime.go b/runtime/v1/linux/runtime.go
index 6bda8f9a..699032b7 100644
--- a/runtime/v1/linux/runtime.go
+++ b/runtime/v1/linux/runtime.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import (
        "github.com/containerd/containerd/plugin"
        "github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime"
        "github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime/linux/runctypes"
-       "github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime/v1"
+       v1 "github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime/v1"
        "github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime/v1/linux/proc"
        shim "github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime/v1/shim/v1"
        runc "github.com/containerd/go-runc"
diff --git a/runtime/v1/shim/service.go b/runtime/v1/shim/service.go
index 6e87f052..1269c042 100644
--- a/runtime/v1/shim/service.go
+++ b/runtime/v1/shim/service.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
        "io/ioutil"
        "os"
        "path/filepath"
+       sysruntime "runtime"
        "sync"

        "github.com/containerd/console"
@@ -123,7 +124,6 @@ func (s *Service) Create(ctx context.Context, r *shimapi.CreateTaskRequest) (_ *
                        Options: m.Options,
                })
        }
-
        rootfs := ""
        if len(mounts) > 0 {
                rootfs = filepath.Join(r.Bundle, "rootfs")
@@ -659,7 +659,11 @@ func newInit(ctx context.Context, path, workDir, runtimeRoot, namespace, criu st
        })
        p.Bundle = r.Bundle
        p.Platform = platform
-       p.Rootfs = rootfs
+       if sysruntime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+               p.Rootfs = filepath.Join(path, "rootfs")
+       } else {
+               p.Rootfs = rootfs
+       }
        p.WorkDir = workDir
        p.IoUID = int(options.IoUid)
        p.IoGID = int(options.IoGid)