diff --git a/api/services/events/v1/container.pb.go b/api/services/events/v1/container.pb.go
index 2533b1d43..420aba036 100644
--- a/api/services/events/v1/container.pb.go
+++ b/api/services/events/v1/container.pb.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import _ "github.com/gogo/protobuf/gogoproto"
 import google_protobuf1 "github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
 import _ "github.com/containerd/containerd/protobuf/plugin"
 
-import github_com_containerd_containerd_typeurl "github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
+import github_com_containerd_typeurl "github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 
 import strings "strings"
 import reflect "reflect"
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (m *ContainerCreate_Runtime) Field(fieldpath []string) (string, bool) {
 	case "name":
 		return string(m.Name), len(m.Name) > 0
 	case "options":
-		decoded, err := github_com_containerd_containerd_typeurl.UnmarshalAny(m.Options)
+		decoded, err := github_com_containerd_typeurl.UnmarshalAny(m.Options)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", false
 		}
diff --git a/api/services/events/v1/events.pb.go b/api/services/events/v1/events.pb.go
index 1d068d07b..e89406440 100644
--- a/api/services/events/v1/events.pb.go
+++ b/api/services/events/v1/events.pb.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import _ "github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
 
 import time "time"
 
-import github_com_containerd_containerd_typeurl "github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
+import github_com_containerd_typeurl "github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 
 import (
 	context "golang.org/x/net/context"
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (m *Envelope) Field(fieldpath []string) (string, bool) {
 	case "topic":
 		return string(m.Topic), len(m.Topic) > 0
 	case "event":
-		decoded, err := github_com_containerd_containerd_typeurl.UnmarshalAny(m.Event)
+		decoded, err := github_com_containerd_typeurl.UnmarshalAny(m.Event)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", false
 		}
diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index ddf66bc8f..2c7227241 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 	imagesservice "github.com/containerd/containerd/services/images"
 	snapshotservice "github.com/containerd/containerd/services/snapshot"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshot"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	pempty "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/empty"
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
@@ -44,12 +44,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
+	const prefix = "types.containerd.io"
 	// register TypeUrls for commonly marshaled external types
 	major := strconv.Itoa(specs.VersionMajor)
-	typeurl.Register(&specs.Spec{}, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", major, "Spec")
-	typeurl.Register(&specs.Process{}, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", major, "Process")
-	typeurl.Register(&specs.LinuxResources{}, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", major, "LinuxResources")
-	typeurl.Register(&specs.WindowsResources{}, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", major, "WindowsResources")
+	typeurl.Register(&specs.Spec{}, prefix, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", major, "Spec")
+	typeurl.Register(&specs.Process{}, prefix, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", major, "Process")
+	typeurl.Register(&specs.LinuxResources{}, prefix, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", major, "LinuxResources")
+	typeurl.Register(&specs.WindowsResources{}, prefix, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", major, "WindowsResources")
 }
 
 // New returns a new containerd client that is connected to the containerd
diff --git a/cmd/containerd-shim/main_unix.go b/cmd/containerd-shim/main_unix.go
index 8e449bf20..697f0c0b3 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd-shim/main_unix.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd-shim/main_unix.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/linux/shim"
 	shimapi "github.com/containerd/containerd/linux/shim/v1"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/reaper"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/version"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	google_protobuf "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/empty"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
diff --git a/cmd/ctr/events.go b/cmd/ctr/events.go
index df4e54a7e..e648bf0fa 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/events.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/events.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	eventsapi "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/events/v1"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/ctr/shim.go b/cmd/ctr/shim.go
index c5625f35a..2973c00e6 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/shim.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/shim.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/containerd/console"
 	shim "github.com/containerd/containerd/linux/shim/v1"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	protobuf "github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
 	google_protobuf "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/empty"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index af42cd44c..eec8863a6 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/containers"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	prototypes "github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
diff --git a/container_opts.go b/container_opts.go
index 756de7ad3..1f836e55f 100644
--- a/container_opts.go
+++ b/container_opts.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/containers"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/platforms"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/identity"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
diff --git a/events/exchange.go b/events/exchange.go
index 93f6dfa91..0c8e60f0e 100644
--- a/events/exchange.go
+++ b/events/exchange.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/identifiers"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/log"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/namespaces"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	goevents "github.com/docker/go-events"
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
diff --git a/events/exchange_test.go b/events/exchange_test.go
index 38f059c67..5493fa305 100644
--- a/events/exchange_test.go
+++ b/events/exchange_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	events "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/events/v1"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/namespaces"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
diff --git a/linux/runtime.go b/linux/runtime.go
index 93938fab2..3bb90916f 100644
--- a/linux/runtime.go
+++ b/linux/runtime.go
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/reaper"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/sys"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
 	runc "github.com/containerd/go-runc"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	google_protobuf "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/empty"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
diff --git a/linux/shim/init.go b/linux/shim/init.go
index 19a76bbbf..6baf7e72c 100644
--- a/linux/shim/init.go
+++ b/linux/shim/init.go
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import (
 	shimapi "github.com/containerd/containerd/linux/shim/v1"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/log"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/mount"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
 	"github.com/containerd/fifo"
 	runc "github.com/containerd/go-runc"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
diff --git a/metadata/containers_test.go b/metadata/containers_test.go
index 35411d5c8..781dc861c 100644
--- a/metadata/containers_test.go
+++ b/metadata/containers_test.go
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/filters"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/namespaces"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 func init() {
-	typeurl.Register(&specs.Spec{}, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", "v1", "Spec")
+	typeurl.Register(&specs.Spec{}, "types.contianerd.io/opencontainers/runtime-spec", "v1", "Spec")
 }
 
 func TestContainersList(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/process.go b/process.go
index 536d8a85e..b3e03c279 100644
--- a/process.go
+++ b/process.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/tasks/v1"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
diff --git a/protobuf/plugin/fieldpath/fieldpath.go b/protobuf/plugin/fieldpath/fieldpath.go
index 90fb84766..2eb929afd 100644
--- a/protobuf/plugin/fieldpath/fieldpath.go
+++ b/protobuf/plugin/fieldpath/fieldpath.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func (p *fieldpathGenerator) Init(g *generator.Generator) {
 
 func (p *fieldpathGenerator) Generate(file *generator.FileDescriptor) {
 	p.PluginImports = generator.NewPluginImports(p.Generator)
-	p.typeurlPkg = p.NewImport("github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl")
+	p.typeurlPkg = p.NewImport("github.com/containerd/typeurl")
 
 	for _, m := range file.Messages() {
 		if m.DescriptorProto.GetOptions().GetMapEntry() {
diff --git a/runtime/typeurl.go b/runtime/typeurl.go
index 46b186d28..8ba2b43a6 100644
--- a/runtime/typeurl.go
+++ b/runtime/typeurl.go
@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@ package runtime
 import (
 	"strconv"
 
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 )
 
 func init() {
+	const prefix = "types.containerd.io"
 	// register TypeUrls for commonly marshaled external types
 	major := strconv.Itoa(specs.VersionMajor)
-	typeurl.Register(&specs.Spec{}, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", major, "Spec")
-	typeurl.Register(&specs.Process{}, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", major, "Process")
-	typeurl.Register(&specs.LinuxResources{}, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", major, "LinuxResources")
-	typeurl.Register(&specs.WindowsResources{}, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", major, "WindowsResources")
+	typeurl.Register(&specs.Spec{}, prefix, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", major, "Spec")
+	typeurl.Register(&specs.Process{}, prefix, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", major, "Process")
+	typeurl.Register(&specs.LinuxResources{}, prefix, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", major, "LinuxResources")
+	typeurl.Register(&specs.WindowsResources{}, prefix, "opencontainers/runtime-spec", major, "WindowsResources")
 }
diff --git a/services/tasks/service.go b/services/tasks/service.go
index 62dd90d1d..6b0f065be 100644
--- a/services/tasks/service.go
+++ b/services/tasks/service.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/mount"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/plugin"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	google_protobuf "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/empty"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
diff --git a/spec_opts.go b/spec_opts.go
index 811e1eeba..40cd2fa3f 100644
--- a/spec_opts.go
+++ b/spec_opts.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/containers"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 )
 
diff --git a/task.go b/task.go
index 6da88d374..90ccbd14a 100644
--- a/task.go
+++ b/task.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/plugin"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/rootfs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	digest "github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
diff --git a/vendor.conf b/vendor.conf
index 1698fbe70..b501b0b47 100644
--- a/vendor.conf
+++ b/vendor.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ github.com/coreos/go-systemd 48702e0da86bd25e76cfef347e2adeb434a0d0a6
 github.com/containerd/go-runc b3c048c028ddd789c6f9510c597f8b9c62f25359
 github.com/containerd/console 76d18fd1d66972718ab2284449591db0b3cdb4de
 github.com/containerd/cgroups 5933ab4dc4f7caa3a73a1dc141bd11f42b5c9163
+github.com/containerd/typeurl f6943554a7e7e88b3c14aad190bf05932da84788
 github.com/docker/go-metrics 8fd5772bf1584597834c6f7961a530f06cbfbb87
 github.com/docker/go-events 9461782956ad83b30282bf90e31fa6a70c255ba9
 github.com/godbus/dbus c7fdd8b5cd55e87b4e1f4e372cdb1db61dd6c66f
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/containerd/typeurl/LICENSE b/vendor/github.com/containerd/typeurl/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..261eeb9e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/containerd/typeurl/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
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+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/containerd/typeurl/README.md b/vendor/github.com/containerd/typeurl/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0787743c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/containerd/typeurl/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# typeurl
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/containerd/typeurl.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/containerd/typeurl)
+
+[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/containerd/typeurl/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/containerd/typeurl)
+
+A Go package for managing the registration, marshaling, and unmarshaling of encoded types.
+
+This package helps when types are sent over a GRPC API and marshaled as a [protobuf.Any]().
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/containerd/typeurl/types.go b/vendor/github.com/containerd/typeurl/types.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10a78228b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/containerd/typeurl/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+package typeurl
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"path"
+	"reflect"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+var (
+	mu       sync.Mutex
+	registry = make(map[reflect.Type]string)
+)
+
+var ErrNotFound = errors.New("not found")
+
+// Register a type with the base url of the type
+func Register(v interface{}, args ...string) {
+	var (
+		t = tryDereference(v)
+		p = path.Join(args...)
+	)
+	mu.Lock()
+	defer mu.Unlock()
+	if et, ok := registry[t]; ok {
+		if et != p {
+			panic(errors.Errorf("type registred with alternate path %q != %q", et, p))
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	registry[t] = p
+}
+
+// TypeURL returns the type url for a registred type
+func TypeURL(v interface{}) (string, error) {
+	mu.Lock()
+	u, ok := registry[tryDereference(v)]
+	mu.Unlock()
+	if !ok {
+		// fallback to the proto registry if it is a proto message
+		pb, ok := v.(proto.Message)
+		if !ok {
+			return "", errors.Wrapf(ErrNotFound, "type %s", reflect.TypeOf(v))
+		}
+		return proto.MessageName(pb), nil
+	}
+	return u, nil
+}
+
+// Is returns true if the type of the Any is the same as v
+func Is(any *types.Any, v interface{}) bool {
+	// call to check that v is a pointer
+	tryDereference(v)
+	url, err := TypeURL(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return any.TypeUrl == url
+}
+
+// MarshalAny marshals the value v into an any with the correct TypeUrl
+func MarshalAny(v interface{}) (*types.Any, error) {
+	var marshal func(v interface{}) ([]byte, error)
+	switch t := v.(type) {
+	case *types.Any:
+		// avoid reserializing the type if we have an any.
+		return t, nil
+	case proto.Message:
+		marshal = func(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+			return proto.Marshal(t)
+		}
+	default:
+		marshal = json.Marshal
+	}
+
+	url, err := TypeURL(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	data, err := marshal(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &types.Any{
+		TypeUrl: url,
+		Value:   data,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalAny unmarshals the any type into a concrete type
+func UnmarshalAny(any *types.Any) (interface{}, error) {
+	t, err := getTypeByUrl(any.TypeUrl)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	v := reflect.New(t.t).Interface()
+	if t.isProto {
+		err = proto.Unmarshal(any.Value, v.(proto.Message))
+	} else {
+		err = json.Unmarshal(any.Value, v)
+	}
+	return v, err
+}
+
+type urlType struct {
+	t       reflect.Type
+	isProto bool
+}
+
+func getTypeByUrl(url string) (urlType, error) {
+	for t, u := range registry {
+		if u == url {
+			return urlType{
+				t: t,
+			}, nil
+		}
+	}
+	// fallback to proto registry
+	t := proto.MessageType(url)
+	if t != nil {
+		return urlType{
+			// get the underlying Elem because proto returns a pointer to the type
+			t:       t.Elem(),
+			isProto: true,
+		}, nil
+	}
+	return urlType{}, errors.Wrapf(ErrNotFound, "type with url %s", url)
+}
+
+func tryDereference(v interface{}) reflect.Type {
+	t := reflect.TypeOf(v)
+	if t.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		// require check of pointer but dereference to register
+		return t.Elem()
+	}
+	panic("v is not a pointer to a type")
+}
diff --git a/windows/runtime.go b/windows/runtime.go
index 74f499e28..7fd5f524e 100644
--- a/windows/runtime.go
+++ b/windows/runtime.go
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/namespaces"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/plugin"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/windows/hcsshimopts"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
diff --git a/windows/task.go b/windows/task.go
index 2fa85eb0a..4740a3b39 100644
--- a/windows/task.go
+++ b/windows/task.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/events"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"