diff --git a/client/container.go b/client/container.go
index b9cf25e93..5763ae6d7 100644
--- a/client/container.go
+++ b/client/container.go
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ func (c *container) NewTask(ctx context.Context, ioCreate cio.Creator, opts ...N
 		}
 	}
 	info := TaskInfo{
-		runtime: r.Runtime.Name,
+		runtime:        r.Runtime.Name,
+		runtimeOptions: r.Runtime.Options,
 	}
 	for _, o := range opts {
 		if err := o(ctx, c.client, &info); err != nil {
diff --git a/client/task.go b/client/task.go
index 20312a922..1e3c3f631 100644
--- a/client/task.go
+++ b/client/task.go
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ type TaskInfo struct {
 
 	// runtime is the runtime name for the container, and cannot be changed.
 	runtime string
+
+	// runtimeOptions is the runtime options for the container, and when task options are set,
+	// they will be based on the runtimeOptions.
+	// https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues/11568
+	runtimeOptions typeurl.Any
 }
 
 // Runtime name for the container
@@ -153,6 +158,29 @@ func (i *TaskInfo) Runtime() string {
 	return i.runtime
 }
 
+// getRuncOptions returns a reference to the runtime options for use by the task.
+// If the set of options is not set by the opts passed into the NewTask creation
+// this function first attempts to initialize the runtime options with a copy of the runtimeOptions,
+// otherwise an empty set of options is assigned and returned
+func (i *TaskInfo) getRuncOptions() (*options.Options, error) {
+	if i.Options != nil {
+		opts, ok := i.Options.(*options.Options)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, errors.New("invalid runtime v2 options format")
+		}
+		return opts, nil
+	}
+
+	opts := &options.Options{}
+	if i.runtimeOptions != nil && i.runtimeOptions.GetValue() != nil {
+		if err := typeurl.UnmarshalTo(i.runtimeOptions, opts); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get runtime v2 options: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	i.Options = opts
+	return opts, nil
+}
+
 // Task is the executable object within containerd
 type Task interface {
 	Process
diff --git a/client/task_opts.go b/client/task_opts.go
index 8e94d4c59..27bde3506 100644
--- a/client/task_opts.go
+++ b/client/task_opts.go
@@ -54,12 +54,9 @@ func WithRuntimePath(absRuntimePath string) NewTaskOpts {
 // usually it is served inside a sandbox, and we can get it from sandbox status.
 func WithTaskAPIEndpoint(address string, version uint32) NewTaskOpts {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, client *Client, info *TaskInfo) error {
-		if info.Options == nil {
-			info.Options = &options.Options{}
-		}
-		opts, ok := info.Options.(*options.Options)
-		if !ok {
-			return errors.New("invalid runtime v2 options format")
+		opts, err := info.getRuncOptions()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 		opts.TaskApiAddress = address
 		opts.TaskApiVersion = version
@@ -119,12 +116,9 @@ func WithCheckpointImagePath(path string) CheckpointTaskOpts {
 // WithRestoreImagePath sets image path for create option
 func WithRestoreImagePath(path string) NewTaskOpts {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, c *Client, ti *TaskInfo) error {
-		if ti.Options == nil {
-			ti.Options = &options.Options{}
-		}
-		opts, ok := ti.Options.(*options.Options)
-		if !ok {
-			return errors.New("invalid runtime v2 options format")
+		opts, err := ti.getRuncOptions()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 		opts.CriuImagePath = path
 		return nil
@@ -134,12 +128,9 @@ func WithRestoreImagePath(path string) NewTaskOpts {
 // WithRestoreWorkPath sets criu work path for create option
 func WithRestoreWorkPath(path string) NewTaskOpts {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, c *Client, ti *TaskInfo) error {
-		if ti.Options == nil {
-			ti.Options = &options.Options{}
-		}
-		opts, ok := ti.Options.(*options.Options)
-		if !ok {
-			return errors.New("invalid runtime v2 options format")
+		opts, err := ti.getRuncOptions()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 		opts.CriuWorkPath = path
 		return nil
diff --git a/client/task_opts_unix.go b/client/task_opts_unix.go
index d33e30284..26b5c17be 100644
--- a/client/task_opts_unix.go
+++ b/client/task_opts_unix.go
@@ -20,20 +20,14 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
-
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/runc/options"
 )
 
 // WithNoNewKeyring causes tasks not to be created with a new keyring for secret storage.
 // There is an upper limit on the number of keyrings in a linux system
 func WithNoNewKeyring(ctx context.Context, c *Client, ti *TaskInfo) error {
-	if ti.Options == nil {
-		ti.Options = &options.Options{}
-	}
-	opts, ok := ti.Options.(*options.Options)
-	if !ok {
-		return errors.New("invalid v2 shim create options format")
+	opts, err := ti.getRuncOptions()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 	opts.NoNewKeyring = true
 	return nil
@@ -41,12 +35,9 @@ func WithNoNewKeyring(ctx context.Context, c *Client, ti *TaskInfo) error {
 
 // WithNoPivotRoot instructs the runtime not to you pivot_root
 func WithNoPivotRoot(_ context.Context, _ *Client, ti *TaskInfo) error {
-	if ti.Options == nil {
-		ti.Options = &options.Options{}
-	}
-	opts, ok := ti.Options.(*options.Options)
-	if !ok {
-		return errors.New("invalid v2 shim create options format")
+	opts, err := ti.getRuncOptions()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 	opts.NoPivotRoot = true
 	return nil
@@ -55,12 +46,9 @@ func WithNoPivotRoot(_ context.Context, _ *Client, ti *TaskInfo) error {
 // WithShimCgroup sets the existing cgroup for the shim
 func WithShimCgroup(path string) NewTaskOpts {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, c *Client, ti *TaskInfo) error {
-		if ti.Options == nil {
-			ti.Options = &options.Options{}
-		}
-		opts, ok := ti.Options.(*options.Options)
-		if !ok {
-			return errors.New("invalid v2 shim create options format")
+		opts, err := ti.getRuncOptions()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 		opts.ShimCgroup = path
 		return nil
@@ -70,12 +58,9 @@ func WithShimCgroup(path string) NewTaskOpts {
 // WithUIDOwner allows console I/O to work with the remapped UID in user namespace
 func WithUIDOwner(uid uint32) NewTaskOpts {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, c *Client, ti *TaskInfo) error {
-		if ti.Options == nil {
-			ti.Options = &options.Options{}
-		}
-		opts, ok := ti.Options.(*options.Options)
-		if !ok {
-			return errors.New("invalid v2 shim create options format")
+		opts, err := ti.getRuncOptions()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 		opts.IoUid = uid
 		return nil
@@ -85,12 +70,9 @@ func WithUIDOwner(uid uint32) NewTaskOpts {
 // WithGIDOwner allows console I/O to work with the remapped GID in user namespace
 func WithGIDOwner(gid uint32) NewTaskOpts {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, c *Client, ti *TaskInfo) error {
-		if ti.Options == nil {
-			ti.Options = &options.Options{}
-		}
-		opts, ok := ti.Options.(*options.Options)
-		if !ok {
-			return errors.New("invalid v2 shim create options format")
+		opts, err := ti.getRuncOptions()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 		opts.IoGid = gid
 		return nil