diff --git a/cmd/ctr/commands/commands.go b/cmd/ctr/commands/commands.go
index d0e52a652..b1ca29d3a 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/commands/commands.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/commands/commands.go
@@ -165,10 +165,6 @@ var (
 			Name:  "memory-limit",
 			Usage: "memory limit (in bytes) for the container",
 		},
-		cli.StringSliceFlag{
-			Name:  "device",
-			Usage: "file path to a device to add to the container; or a path to a directory tree of devices to add to the container",
-		},
 		cli.StringSliceFlag{
 			Name:  "cap-add",
 			Usage: "add Linux capabilities (Set capabilities with 'CAP_' prefix)",
diff --git a/cmd/ctr/commands/commands_unix.go b/cmd/ctr/commands/commands_unix.go
index 44b81e183..6ba5332a8 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/commands/commands_unix.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/commands/commands_unix.go
@@ -40,5 +40,8 @@ func init() {
 	}, cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "rootfs-propagation",
 		Usage: "set the propagation of the container rootfs",
+	}, cli.StringSliceFlag{
+		Name:  "device",
+		Usage: "file path to a device to add to the container; or a path to a directory tree of devices to add to the container",
 	})
 }
diff --git a/cmd/ctr/commands/commands_windows.go b/cmd/ctr/commands/commands_windows.go
index 5c1d98e3d..10a5d6a5d 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/commands/commands_windows.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/commands/commands_windows.go
@@ -24,5 +24,8 @@ func init() {
 	ContainerFlags = append(ContainerFlags, cli.Uint64Flag{
 		Name:  "cpu-count",
 		Usage: "number of CPUs available to the container",
+	}, cli.StringSliceFlag{
+		Name:  "device",
+		Usage: "identifier of a device to add to the container  (e.g. class://5B45201D-F2F2-4F3B-85BB-30FF1F953599)",
 	})
 }
diff --git a/cmd/ctr/commands/run/run_windows.go b/cmd/ctr/commands/run/run_windows.go
index 5e5006430..60efca42f 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/commands/run/run_windows.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/commands/run/run_windows.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package run
 import (
 	gocontext "context"
 	"errors"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim/cmd/containerd-shim-runhcs-v1/options"
 	"github.com/containerd/console"
@@ -142,6 +143,16 @@ func NewContainer(ctx gocontext.Context, client *containerd.Client, context *cli
 		if ccount != 0 {
 			opts = append(opts, oci.WithWindowsCPUCount(ccount))
 		}
+		for _, dev := range context.StringSlice("device") {
+			parts := strings.Split(dev, "://")
+			if len(parts) != 2 {
+				return nil, errors.New("devices must be in the format IDType://ID")
+			}
+			if parts[0] == "" {
+				return nil, errors.New("devices must have a non-empty IDType")
+			}
+			opts = append(opts, oci.WithWindowsDevice(parts[0], parts[1]))
+		}
 	}
 
 	runtime := context.String("runtime")