diff --git a/tests/integration/cgroups.bats b/tests/integration/cgroups.bats
index 9cd95a7d..9ab6f432 100644
--- a/tests/integration/cgroups.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/cgroups.bats
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 load helpers
 
 TEST_CGROUP_NAME="runc-cgroups-integration-test"
-CGROUP_MEMORY="${CGROUP_BASE_PATH}/${TEST_CGROUP_NAME}"
+CGROUP_MEMORY="${CGROUP_MEMORY_BASE_PATH}/${TEST_CGROUP_NAME}"
 
 function teardown() {
     rm -f $BATS_TMPDIR/runc-update-integration-test.json
diff --git a/tests/integration/helpers.bash b/tests/integration/helpers.bash
index 1903eda1..e4c2cb93 100644
--- a/tests/integration/helpers.bash
+++ b/tests/integration/helpers.bash
@@ -33,10 +33,12 @@ ROOT="$BATS_TMPDIR/runc"
 CONSOLE_SOCKET="$BATS_TMPDIR/console.sock"
 
 # Cgroup mount
-CGROUP_BASE_PATH=$(grep "cgroup" /proc/self/mountinfo | gawk 'toupper($NF) ~ /\<MEMORY\>/ { print $5; exit }')
+CGROUP_MEMORY_BASE_PATH=$(grep "cgroup" /proc/self/mountinfo | gawk 'toupper($NF) ~ /\<MEMORY\>/ { print $5; exit }')
+CGROUP_CPU_BASE_PATH=$(grep "cgroup" /proc/self/mountinfo | gawk 'toupper($NF) ~ /\<CPU\>/ { print $5; exit }')
 
 # CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM support
-KMEM="${CGROUP_BASE_PATH}/memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes"
+KMEM="${CGROUP_MEMORY_BASE_PATH}/memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes"
+RT_PERIOD="${CGROUP_CPU_BASE_PATH}/cpu.rt_period_us"
 
 # Wrapper for runc.
 function runc() {
@@ -74,6 +76,11 @@ function requires() {
 					skip "Test requires ${var}."
 				fi
 				;;
+			cgroups_rt)
+				if [ ! -e "$RT_PERIOD" ]; then
+					skip "Test requires ${var}."
+				fi
+				;;
 			*)
 				fail "BUG: Invalid requires ${var}."
 				;;
@@ -189,7 +196,10 @@ function setup_hello() {
 
 function teardown_running_container() {
 	runc list
-	if [[ "${output}" == *"$1"* ]]; then
+	# $1 should be a container name such as "test_busybox"
+	# here we detect "test_busybox "(with one extra blank) to avoid conflict prefix
+	# e.g. "test_busybox" and "test_busybox_update"
+	if [[ "${output}" == *"$1 "* ]]; then
 		runc kill $1 KILL
 		retry 10 1 eval "__runc state '$1' | grep -q 'stopped'"
 		runc delete $1
@@ -198,7 +208,10 @@ function teardown_running_container() {
 
 function teardown_running_container_inroot() {
 	ROOT=$2 runc list
-	if [[ "${output}" == *"$1"* ]]; then
+	# $1 should be a container name such as "test_busybox"
+	# here we detect "test_busybox "(with one extra blank) to avoid conflict prefix
+	# e.g. "test_busybox" and "test_busybox_update"
+	if [[ "${output}" == *"$1 "* ]]; then
 		ROOT=$2 runc kill $1 KILL
 		retry 10 1 eval "ROOT='$2' __runc state '$1' | grep -q 'stopped'"
 		ROOT=$2 runc delete $1
diff --git a/tests/integration/update.bats b/tests/integration/update.bats
index 6790e0b4..9e4c1102 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/update.bats
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ load helpers
 function teardown() {
     rm -f $BATS_TMPDIR/runc-update-integration-test.json
     teardown_running_container test_update
+    teardown_running_container test_update_rt
     teardown_busybox
 }
 
@@ -212,3 +213,31 @@ EOF
     check_cgroup_value $CGROUP_MEMORY "memory.limit_in_bytes" 33554432
     check_cgroup_value $CGROUP_MEMORY "memory.soft_limit_in_bytes" 25165824
 }
+
+@test "update rt period and runtime" {
+    requires cgroups_rt
+
+    # run a detached busybox
+    runc run -d --console-socket $CONSOLE_SOCKET test_update_rt
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    wait_for_container 15 1 test_update_rt
+
+    # get the cgroup paths
+    eval CGROUP_CPU="${CGROUP_CPU_BASE_PATH}/runc-update-integration-test"
+
+    runc update  -r - test_update_rt <<EOF
+{
+  "cpu": {
+    "realtimePeriod": 800001,
+    "realtimeRuntime": 500001
+  }
+}
+EOF
+    check_cgroup_value $CGROUP_CPU "cpu.rt_period_us" 800001
+    check_cgroup_value $CGROUP_CPU "cpu.rt_runtime_us" 500001
+
+    runc update test_update_rt --cpu-rt-period 900001 --cpu-rt-runtime 600001
+
+    check_cgroup_value $CGROUP_CPU "cpu.rt_period_us" 900001
+    check_cgroup_value $CGROUP_CPU "cpu.rt_runtime_us" 600001
+}