diff --git a/pkg/ocicni/ocicni.go b/pkg/ocicni/ocicni.go
index e4251f2a..2d56edda 100644
--- a/pkg/ocicni/ocicni.go
+++ b/pkg/ocicni/ocicni.go
@@ -864,6 +864,11 @@ func buildCNIRuntimeConf(podNetwork *PodNetwork, ifName string, runtimeConfig Ru
 		rt.CapabilityArgs["cgroupPath"] = runtimeConfig.CgroupPath
 	}
 
+	// Set PodAnnotations in Capabilities
+	if runtimeConfig.PodAnnotations != nil {
+		rt.CapabilityArgs["io.kubernetes.cri.pod-annotations"] = runtimeConfig.PodAnnotations
+	}
+
 	return rt, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/ocicni/types.go b/pkg/ocicni/types.go
index ff9c5c0c..a8486467 100644
--- a/pkg/ocicni/types.go
+++ b/pkg/ocicni/types.go
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ type RuntimeConfig struct {
 	// CgroupPath is the path to the pod's cgroup
 	// e.g. "/kubelet.slice/kubelet-kubepods.slice/kubelet-kubepods-burstable.slice/kubelet-kubepods-burstable-pod28ce45bc_63f8_48a3_a99b_cfb9e63c856c.slice"
 	CgroupPath string
+	// PodAnnotations are the annotations of the pod.
+	PodAnnotations *map[string]string `json:"io.kubernetes.cri.pod-annotations,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // BandwidthConfig maps to the standard CNI bandwidth Capability