diff --git a/app/js/DockerRunner.js b/app/js/DockerRunner.js
index 3594b3a..fd7fc31 100644
--- a/app/js/DockerRunner.js
+++ b/app/js/DockerRunner.js
@@ -306,6 +306,10 @@ module.exports = DockerRunner = {
       )
     }
 
+    if (Settings.clsi.docker.runtime) {
+      options.HostConfig.Runtime = Settings.clsi.docker.runtime
+    }
+
     return options
   },
 
diff --git a/config/settings.defaults.js b/config/settings.defaults.js
index d47a673..ba63e24 100644
--- a/config/settings.defaults.js
+++ b/config/settings.defaults.js
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ if (process.env.DOCKER_RUNNER) {
   module.exports.clsi = {
     dockerRunner: process.env.DOCKER_RUNNER === 'true',
     docker: {
+      runtime: process.env.DOCKER_RUNTIME,
       image:
         process.env.TEXLIVE_IMAGE || 'quay.io/sharelatex/texlive-full:2017.1',
       env: {