diff --git a/cmd/ctr/commands/commands.go b/cmd/ctr/commands/commands.go
index 8344111d4..73f34dd7e 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/commands/commands.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/commands/commands.go
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ var (
 		},
 	}
 
+	// SnapshotterLabels are cli flags specifying labels which will be add to the new snapshot for container.
+	SnapshotterLabels = cli.StringSliceFlag{
+		Name:  "snapshotter-label",
+		Usage: "labels added to the new snapshot for this container.",
+	}
+
 	// LabelFlag is a cli flag specifying labels
 	LabelFlag = cli.StringSliceFlag{
 		Name:  "label",
diff --git a/cmd/ctr/commands/containers/containers.go b/cmd/ctr/commands/containers/containers.go
index f87b0c6ba..de503c38a 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/commands/containers/containers.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/commands/containers/containers.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ var createCommand = cli.Command{
 	Name:      "create",
 	Usage:     "create container",
 	ArgsUsage: "[flags] Image|RootFS CONTAINER [COMMAND] [ARG...]",
-	Flags:     append(commands.SnapshotterFlags, commands.ContainerFlags...),
+	Flags:     append(append(commands.SnapshotterFlags, []cli.Flag{commands.SnapshotterLabels}...), commands.ContainerFlags...),
 	Action: func(context *cli.Context) error {
 		var (
 			id     string
diff --git a/cmd/ctr/commands/run/run.go b/cmd/ctr/commands/run/run.go
index 162bf1470..0c8088a1c 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/commands/run/run.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/commands/run/run.go
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ var Command = cli.Command{
 			Name:  "platform",
 			Usage: "run image for specific platform",
 		},
-	}, append(platformRunFlags, append(commands.SnapshotterFlags, commands.ContainerFlags...)...)...),
+	}, append(platformRunFlags,
+		append(append(commands.SnapshotterFlags, []cli.Flag{commands.SnapshotterLabels}...),
+			commands.ContainerFlags...)...)...),
 	Action: func(context *cli.Context) error {
 		var (
 			err error
diff --git a/cmd/ctr/commands/run/run_unix.go b/cmd/ctr/commands/run/run_unix.go
index 12e8371e7..e01141e75 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/commands/run/run_unix.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/commands/run/run_unix.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	runtimeoptions "github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/runtimeoptions/v1"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/platforms"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime/v2/runc/options"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshots"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -171,7 +172,10 @@ func NewContainer(ctx gocontext.Context, client *containerd.Client, context *cli
 				// Even when "read-only" is set, we don't use KindView snapshot here. (#1495)
 				// We pass writable snapshot to the OCI runtime, and the runtime remounts it as read-only,
 				// after creating some mount points on demand.
-				cOpts = append(cOpts, containerd.WithNewSnapshot(id, image))
+				// For some snapshotter, such as overlaybd, it can provide 2 kind of writable snapshot(overlayfs dir or block-device)
+				// by command label values.
+				cOpts = append(cOpts, containerd.WithNewSnapshot(id, image,
+					snapshots.WithLabels(commands.LabelArgs(context.StringSlice("snapshotter-label")))))
 			}
 			cOpts = append(cOpts, containerd.WithImageStopSignal(image, "SIGTERM"))
 		}