diff --git a/cgroups/fs/blkio.go b/cgroups/fs/blkio.go
index 238fe804..06f0a3b2 100644
--- a/cgroups/fs/blkio.go
+++ b/cgroups/fs/blkio.go
@@ -40,6 +40,26 @@ func (s *BlkioGroup) Set(path string, cgroup *configs.Cgroup) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+	if cgroup.BlkioThrottleReadBpsDevice != "" {
+		if err := writeFile(path, "blkio.throttle.read_bps_device", cgroup.BlkioThrottleReadBpsDevice); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if cgroup.BlkioThrottleWriteBpsDevice != "" {
+		if err := writeFile(path, "blkio.throttle.write_bps_device", cgroup.BlkioThrottleWriteBpsDevice); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if cgroup.BlkioThrottleReadIOpsDevice != "" {
+		if err := writeFile(path, "blkio.throttle.read_iops_device", cgroup.BlkioThrottleReadIOpsDevice); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if cgroup.BlkioThrottleWriteIOpsDevice != "" {
+		if err := writeFile(path, "blkio.throttle.write_iops_device", cgroup.BlkioThrottleWriteIOpsDevice); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cgroups/fs/blkio_test.go b/cgroups/fs/blkio_test.go
index 38e8ede9..9d0915da 100644
--- a/cgroups/fs/blkio_test.go
+++ b/cgroups/fs/blkio_test.go
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ Total 22061056`
 252:0 Async 164
 252:0 Total 164
 Total 328`
+	throttleBefore = `8:0 1024`
+	throttleAfter  = `8:0 2048`
 )
 
 func appendBlkioStatEntry(blkioStatEntries *[]cgroups.BlkioStatEntry, major, minor, value uint64, op string) {
@@ -471,3 +473,96 @@ func TestNonCFQBlkioStats(t *testing.T) {
 
 	expectBlkioStatsEquals(t, expectedStats, actualStats.BlkioStats)
 }
+
+func TestBlkioSetThrottleReadBpsDevice(t *testing.T) {
+	helper := NewCgroupTestUtil("blkio", t)
+	defer helper.cleanup()
+
+	helper.writeFileContents(map[string]string{
+		"blkio.throttle.read_bps_device": throttleBefore,
+	})
+
+	helper.CgroupData.c.BlkioThrottleReadBpsDevice = throttleAfter
+	blkio := &BlkioGroup{}
+	if err := blkio.Set(helper.CgroupPath, helper.CgroupData.c); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	value, err := getCgroupParamString(helper.CgroupPath, "blkio.throttle.read_bps_device")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to parse blkio.throttle.read_bps_device - %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if value != throttleAfter {
+		t.Fatal("Got the wrong value, set blkio.throttle.read_bps_device failed.")
+	}
+}
+func TestBlkioSetThrottleWriteBpsDevice(t *testing.T) {
+	helper := NewCgroupTestUtil("blkio", t)
+	defer helper.cleanup()
+
+	helper.writeFileContents(map[string]string{
+		"blkio.throttle.write_bps_device": throttleBefore,
+	})
+
+	helper.CgroupData.c.BlkioThrottleWriteBpsDevice = throttleAfter
+	blkio := &BlkioGroup{}
+	if err := blkio.Set(helper.CgroupPath, helper.CgroupData.c); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	value, err := getCgroupParamString(helper.CgroupPath, "blkio.throttle.write_bps_device")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to parse blkio.throttle.write_bps_device - %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if value != throttleAfter {
+		t.Fatal("Got the wrong value, set blkio.throttle.write_bps_device failed.")
+	}
+}
+func TestBlkioSetThrottleReadIOpsDevice(t *testing.T) {
+	helper := NewCgroupTestUtil("blkio", t)
+	defer helper.cleanup()
+
+	helper.writeFileContents(map[string]string{
+		"blkio.throttle.read_iops_device": throttleBefore,
+	})
+
+	helper.CgroupData.c.BlkioThrottleReadIOpsDevice = throttleAfter
+	blkio := &BlkioGroup{}
+	if err := blkio.Set(helper.CgroupPath, helper.CgroupData.c); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	value, err := getCgroupParamString(helper.CgroupPath, "blkio.throttle.read_iops_device")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to parse blkio.throttle.read_iops_device - %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if value != throttleAfter {
+		t.Fatal("Got the wrong value, set blkio.throttle.read_iops_device failed.")
+	}
+}
+func TestBlkioSetThrottleWriteIOpsDevice(t *testing.T) {
+	helper := NewCgroupTestUtil("blkio", t)
+	defer helper.cleanup()
+
+	helper.writeFileContents(map[string]string{
+		"blkio.throttle.write_iops_device": throttleBefore,
+	})
+
+	helper.CgroupData.c.BlkioThrottleWriteIOpsDevice = throttleAfter
+	blkio := &BlkioGroup{}
+	if err := blkio.Set(helper.CgroupPath, helper.CgroupData.c); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	value, err := getCgroupParamString(helper.CgroupPath, "blkio.throttle.write_iops_device")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to parse blkio.throttle.write_iops_device - %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if value != throttleAfter {
+		t.Fatal("Got the wrong value, set blkio.throttle.write_iops_device failed.")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go b/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
index 48944302..e5e68ad8 100644
--- a/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
+++ b/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
@@ -476,6 +476,26 @@ func joinBlkio(c *configs.Cgroup, pid int) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+	if c.BlkioThrottleReadBpsDevice != "" {
+		if err := writeFile(path, "blkio.throttle.read_bps_device", c.BlkioThrottleReadBpsDevice); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if c.BlkioThrottleWriteBpsDevice != "" {
+		if err := writeFile(path, "blkio.throttle.write_bps_device", c.BlkioThrottleWriteBpsDevice); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if c.BlkioThrottleReadIOpsDevice != "" {
+		if err := writeFile(path, "blkio.throttle.read_iops_device", c.BlkioThrottleReadIOpsDevice); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if c.BlkioThrottleWriteIOpsDevice != "" {
+		if err := writeFile(path, "blkio.throttle.write_iops_device", c.BlkioThrottleWriteIOpsDevice); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/configs/cgroup.go b/configs/cgroup.go
index f2724375..8a161fcf 100644
--- a/configs/cgroup.go
+++ b/configs/cgroup.go
@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ type Cgroup struct {
 	// MEM to use
 	CpusetMems string `json:"cpuset_mems"`
 
+	// IO read rate limit per cgroup per device, bytes per second.
+	BlkioThrottleReadBpsDevice string `json:"blkio_throttle_read_bps_device"`
+
+	// IO write rate limit per cgroup per divice, bytes per second.
+	BlkioThrottleWriteBpsDevice string `json:"blkio_throttle_write_bps_device"`
+
+	// IO read rate limit per cgroup per device, IO per second.
+	BlkioThrottleReadIOpsDevice string `json:"blkio_throttle_read_iops_device"`
+
+	// IO write rate limit per cgroup per device, IO per second.
+	BlkioThrottleWriteIOpsDevice string `json:"blkio_throttle_write_iops_device"`
+
 	// Specifies per cgroup weight, range is from 10 to 1000.
 	BlkioWeight int64 `json:"blkio_weight"`