diff --git a/conf/machine/qemu-amd64.conf b/conf/machine/qemu-amd64.conf
index d786646..dad6504 100644
--- a/conf/machine/qemu-amd64.conf
+++ b/conf/machine/qemu-amd64.conf
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ DISTRO_ARCH = "amd64"
 
 IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "ext4"
 USE_CIP_KERNEL_CONFIG = "1"
+USE_CIP_KERNEL_CONTAINER_CONFIG = "1"
 KERNEL_DEFCONFIG = "cip-kernel-config/${KERNEL_DEFCONFIG_VERSION}/x86/cip_merged_defconfig"
diff --git a/conf/machine/qemu-arm64.conf b/conf/machine/qemu-arm64.conf
index a2c5e53..8fd824c 100644
--- a/conf/machine/qemu-arm64.conf
+++ b/conf/machine/qemu-arm64.conf
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ DISTRO_ARCH = "arm64"
 
 IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "ext4"
 USE_CIP_KERNEL_CONFIG = "1"
+USE_CIP_KERNEL_CONTAINER_CONFIG = "1"
 KERNEL_DEFCONFIG ?= "cip-kernel-config/${KERNEL_DEFCONFIG_VERSION}/arm64/cip_merged_defconfig"
 
 # watchdog is not yet supported in our QEMU executor for this platform, disable it
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/files/container.cfg b/recipes-kernel/linux/files/container.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18f8b2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/files/container.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2025
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Michael Adler <michael.adler@siemens.com>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+# Kernel configuration required by container runtimes such as Docker.
+# Based on the following scripts:
+#
+#   - https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/master/contrib/check-config.sh
+#   - https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/blob/main/script/check-config.sh
+#
+# NOTE: CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX and CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR are intentionally
+# not enabled.
+
+CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
+CONFIG_NET_NS=y
+CONFIG_PID_NS=y
+CONFIG_IPC_NS=y
+CONFIG_UTS_NS=y
+
+CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
+CONFIG_CRYPTO=y
+CONFIG_CRYPTO_AEAD=y
+CONFIG_CRYPTO_GCM=y
+CONFIG_CRYPTO_GHASH=y
+CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEQIV=y
+CONFIG_KEYS=y
+CONFIG_MEMCG=y
+CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE=y
+
+CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS=m
+
+CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_NET_PRIO=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_PIDS=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED=y
+CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF=y
+CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL=y
+CONFIG_CFS_BANDWIDTH=y
+CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED=y
+
+CONFIG_HUGETLBFS=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_HUGETLB=y
+
+CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP=y
+CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_IOCOST=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING=y
+
+CONFIG_NET=y
+CONFIG_NET_CLS_CGROUP=y
+CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT=y
+CONFIG_NET_EMATCH=y
+CONFIG_NET_SCHED=y
+CONFIG_NETLABEL=y
+CONFIG_INET=y
+CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
+
+CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
+CONFIG_NET_CORE=y
+CONFIG_VETH=m
+CONFIG_BRIDGE=m
+CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER=m
+CONFIG_BRIDGE_VLAN_FILTERING=m
+CONFIG_VXLAN=m
+CONFIG_IPVLAN=m
+CONFIG_MACVLAN=m
+
+CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
+CONFIG_NETFILTER_ADVANCED=y
+CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MARK=m
+CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_ADDRTYPE=m
+CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_BPF=m
+CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_COMMENT=m
+CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNTRACK=m
+CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_IPVS=m
+CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=m
+CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=m
+CONFIG_IP_NF_MANGLE=m
+CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT=m
+CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=m
+CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT=m
+CONFIG_IP_VS=m
+CONFIG_IP_VS_NFCT=y
+CONFIG_IP_VS_PROTO_TCP=y
+CONFIG_IP_VS_PROTO_UDP=y
+CONFIG_IP_VS_RR=m
+
+CONFIG_NF_TABLES=m
+CONFIG_NF_TABLES_INET=y
+CONFIG_NF_TABLES_NETDEV=y
+CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK=m
+CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_FTP=m
+CONFIG_NF_CT_NETLINK=m
+CONFIG_NF_NAT=m
+CONFIG_NF_NAT_IPV4=m
+CONFIG_NF_NAT_MASQUERADE=m
+CONFIG_NF_NAT_NEEDED=m
+
+CONFIG_NFT_COMPAT=m
+CONFIG_NFT_CT=m
+CONFIG_NFT_HASH=m
+CONFIG_NFT_LIMIT=m
+CONFIG_NFT_LOG=m
+CONFIG_NFT_MASQ=m
+CONFIG_NFT_NAT=m
+CONFIG_NFT_REDIR=m
+CONFIG_NFT_REJECT=m
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-common.inc b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-common.inc
index 5d1b8ac..437ee17 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-common.inc
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip-common.inc
@@ -23,4 +23,9 @@ SRC_URI += " \
     https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/cip/${KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR}/linux-cip-${PV}.tar.xz \
     "
 
+SRC_URI:append = " ${@ \
+    'file://container.cfg' \
+    if d.getVar('USE_CIP_KERNEL_CONTAINER_CONFIG') == '1' else '' \
+    }"
+
 S = "${WORKDIR}/linux-cip-${PV}"
