diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go
index 5d975793..758d1196 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ var (
 		&NetPrioGroup{},
 		&PerfEventGroup{},
 		&FreezerGroup{},
+		&NameGroup{GroupName: "name=systemd", Join: true},
 	}
 	CgroupProcesses  = "cgroup.procs"
 	HugePageSizes, _ = cgroups.GetHugePageSize()
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/name.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/name.go
index 0e423f66..d8cf1d87 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/name.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/name.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 type NameGroup struct {
 	GroupName string
+	Join      bool
 }
 
 func (s *NameGroup) Name() string {
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ func (s *NameGroup) Name() string {
 }
 
 func (s *NameGroup) Apply(d *cgroupData) error {
+	if s.Join {
+		// ignore errors if the named cgroup does not exist
+		d.join(s.GroupName)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -24,6 +29,9 @@ func (s *NameGroup) Set(path string, cgroup *configs.Cgroup) error {
 }
 
 func (s *NameGroup) Remove(d *cgroupData) error {
+	if s.Join {
+		removePath(d.path(s.GroupName))
+	}
 	return nil
 }