diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
index 63a14b4c..ad2ab028 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ func (m *Manager) Apply(pid int) error {
 		systemdDbus.PropSlice(slice),
 		systemdDbus.PropDescription("docker container "+c.Name),
 		newProp("PIDs", []uint32{uint32(pid)}),
+		// This is only supported on systemd versions 218 and above.
+		newProp("Delegate", true),
 	)
 
 	// Always enable accounting, this gets us the same behaviour as the fs implementation,