diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 298436198..87e7c7c0d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ your system. See more details in [Checkpoint and Restore](#checkpoint-and-restor
 
 Build requirements for developers are listed in [BUILDING](BUILDING.md).
 
+
+## Supported Registries
+
+Any registry which is compliant with the [OCI Distribution Specification](https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec)
+is supported by containerd.
+
+For configuring registries, see [registry host configuration documentation](docs/hosts.md)
+
 ## Features
 
 ### Client
diff --git a/docs/hosts.md b/docs/hosts.md
index 7f2217183..d713af9ca 100644
--- a/docs/hosts.md
+++ b/docs/hosts.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ Configuring registries will be done by specifying (optionally) a `hosts.toml` fi
 each desired registry host in a configuration directory. **Note**: Updates under this directory
 do not require restarting the containerd daemon.
 
+## Registry API Support
+
+All configured registry hosts are expected to comply with the [OCI Distribution Specification](https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec).
+Registries which are non-compliant or implement non-standard behavior are not guaranteed
+to be supported and may break unexpectedly between releases.
+
+Currently supported OCI Distribution version: **[v1.0.0](https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec/tree/v1.0.0)**
+
 ## Specifying the Configuration Directory
 
 ### Using Host Namespace Configs with CTR
@@ -235,8 +243,10 @@ client = [["/etc/certs/client.cert", "/etc/certs/client.key"],["/etc/certs/clien
 
 ## skip_verify field
 
-`skip_verify` set this flag to `true` to skip the registry certificate
-verification for this registry host namespace. (Defaults to `false`)
+`skip_verify` skips verifications of the registry's certificate chain and
+host name when set to `true`. This should only be used for testing or in
+combination with other method of verifying connections. (Defaults to `false`)
+
 ```
 skip_verify = false
 ```
@@ -264,6 +274,17 @@ or
   x-custom-1-2 = "another custom header"
 ```
 
+## override_path field
+
+`override_path` is used to indicate the host's API root endpoint is defined
+in the URL path rather than by the API specification. This may be used with
+non-compliant OCI registries which are missing the `/v2` prefix.
+(Defaults to `false`)
+
+```
+override_path = true
+```
+
 ## host field(s) (in the toml table format)
 
 `[host]."https://namespace"` and `[host].http://namespace` entries in the
@@ -300,6 +321,10 @@ for this registry host namespace:
 
 [host."https://test-3.registry"]
   client = ["/etc/certs/client-1.pem", "/etc/certs/client-2.pem"]
+
+[host."https://non-compliant-mirror.registry/v2/upstream"]
+  capabilities = ["pull"]
+  override_path = true
 ```
 
 **Note**: Recursion is not supported in the specification of host mirror
diff --git a/remotes/docker/config/hosts.go b/remotes/docker/config/hosts.go
index b24ba33f5..40330f17e 100644
--- a/remotes/docker/config/hosts.go
+++ b/remotes/docker/config/hosts.go
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ type hostConfig struct {
 
 	header http.Header
 
-	// TODO: API ("docker" or "oci")
-	// TODO: API Version ("v1", "v2")
 	// TODO: Add credential configuration (domain alias, username)
 }
 
@@ -283,19 +281,34 @@ type hostFileConfig struct {
 	//  - push
 	Capabilities []string `toml:"capabilities"`
 
-	// CACert can be a string or an array of strings
+	// CACert are the public key certificates for TLS
+	// Accepted types
+	// - string - Single file with certificate(s)
+	// - []string - Multiple files with certificates
 	CACert interface{} `toml:"ca"`
 
-	// TODO: Make this an array (two key types, one for pairs (multiple files), one for single file?)
+	// Client keypair(s) for TLS with client authentication
+	// Accepted types
+	// - string - Single file with public and private keys
+	// - []string - Multiple files with public and private keys
+	// - [][2]string - Multiple keypairs with public and private keys in separate files
 	Client interface{} `toml:"client"`
 
+	// SkipVerify skips verification of the server's certificate chain
+	// and host name. This should only be used for testing or in
+	// combination with other methods of verifying connections.
 	SkipVerify *bool `toml:"skip_verify"`
 
+	// Header are additional header files to send to the server
 	Header map[string]interface{} `toml:"header"`
 
-	// API (default: "docker")
-	// API Version (default: "v2")
-	// Credentials: helper? name? username? alternate domain? token?
+	// OverridePath indicates the API root endpoint is defined in the URL
+	// path rather than by the API specification.
+	// This may be used with non-compliant OCI registries to override the
+	// API root endpoint.
+	OverridePath bool `toml:"override_path"`
+
+	// TODO: Credentials: helper? name? username? alternate domain? token?
 }
 
 func parseHostsFile(baseDir string, b []byte) ([]hostConfig, error) {
@@ -367,16 +380,12 @@ func parseHostConfig(server string, baseDir string, config hostFileConfig) (host
 		}
 		result.scheme = u.Scheme
 		result.host = u.Host
-		// TODO: Handle path based on registry protocol
-		// Define a registry protocol type
-		//   OCI v1    - Always use given path as is
-		//   Docker v2 - Always ensure ends with /v2/
 		if len(u.Path) > 0 {
 			u.Path = path.Clean(u.Path)
-			if !strings.HasSuffix(u.Path, "/v2") {
+			if !strings.HasSuffix(u.Path, "/v2") && !config.OverridePath {
 				u.Path = u.Path + "/v2"
 			}
-		} else {
+		} else if !config.OverridePath {
 			u.Path = "/v2"
 		}
 		result.path = u.Path
diff --git a/remotes/docker/config/hosts_test.go b/remotes/docker/config/hosts_test.go
index 18dc1c659..44586fa5e 100644
--- a/remotes/docker/config/hosts_test.go
+++ b/remotes/docker/config/hosts_test.go
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ ca = "/etc/path/default"
 
 [host."https://test-3.registry"]
   client = ["/etc/certs/client-1.pem", "/etc/certs/client-2.pem"]
+
+[host."https://noncompliantmirror.registry/v2/namespaceprefix"]
+  capabilities = ["pull"]
+  override_path = true
+
+[host."https://noprefixnoncompliant.registry"]
+  override_path = true
 `
 	var tb, fb = true, false
 	expected := []hostConfig{
@@ -159,6 +166,17 @@ ca = "/etc/path/default"
 				{filepath.FromSlash("/etc/certs/client-2.pem")},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			scheme:       "https",
+			host:         "noncompliantmirror.registry",
+			path:         "/v2/namespaceprefix",
+			capabilities: docker.HostCapabilityPull,
+		},
+		{
+			scheme:       "https",
+			host:         "noprefixnoncompliant.registry",
+			capabilities: allCaps,
+		},
 		{
 			scheme:       "https",
 			host:         "test-default.registry",