diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 745a77eb7..f4be37b59 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/abiosoft/colima/environment"
 	"github.com/abiosoft/colima/environment/container/containerd"
 	"github.com/abiosoft/colima/environment/container/docker"
+	"github.com/abiosoft/colima/environment/container/incus"
 	"github.com/abiosoft/colima/environment/container/kubernetes"
 	"github.com/abiosoft/colima/environment/host"
 	"github.com/abiosoft/colima/environment/vm/lima"
@@ -300,10 +301,11 @@ type statusInfo struct {
 	Arch             string `json:"arch"`
 	Runtime          string `json:"runtime"`
 	MountType        string `json:"mount_type"`
-	IPAddress        string `json:"ip_address"`
-	DockerSocket     string `json:"docker_socket"`
-	ContainerdSocket string `json:"containerd_socket"`
-	BuildkitdSocket  string `json:"buildkitd_socket"`
+	IPAddress        string `json:"ip_address,omitempty"`
+	DockerSocket     string `json:"docker_socket,omitempty"`
+	ContainerdSocket string `json:"containerd_socket,omitempty"`
+	BuildkitdSocket  string `json:"buildkitd_socket,omitempty"`
+	IncusSocket      string `json:"incus_socket,omitempty"`
 	Kubernetes       bool   `json:"kubernetes"`
 	CPU              int    `json:"cpu"`
 	Memory           int64  `json:"memory"`
@@ -336,11 +338,15 @@ func (c colimaApp) getStatus() (status statusInfo, err error) {
 	}
 	if currentRuntime == docker.Name {
 		status.DockerSocket = "unix://" + docker.HostSocketFile()
+		status.ContainerdSocket = "unix://" + containerd.HostSocketFiles().Containerd
 	}
 	if currentRuntime == containerd.Name {
 		status.ContainerdSocket = "unix://" + containerd.HostSocketFiles().Containerd
 		status.BuildkitdSocket = "unix://" + containerd.HostSocketFiles().Buildkitd
 	}
+	if currentRuntime == incus.Name {
+		status.IncusSocket = "unix://" + incus.HostSocketFile()
+	}
 	if k, err := c.Kubernetes(); err == nil && k.Running(ctx) {
 		status.Kubernetes = true
 	}
@@ -377,7 +383,7 @@ func (c colimaApp) Status(extended bool, jsonOutput bool) error {
 
 		// docker socket
 		if status.DockerSocket != "" {
-			log.Println("socket:", status.DockerSocket)
+			log.Println("docker socket:", status.DockerSocket)
 		}
 		if status.ContainerdSocket != "" {
 			log.Println("containerd socket:", status.ContainerdSocket)
@@ -385,6 +391,9 @@ func (c colimaApp) Status(extended bool, jsonOutput bool) error {
 		if status.BuildkitdSocket != "" {
 			log.Println("buildkitd socket:", status.BuildkitdSocket)
 		}
+		if status.IncusSocket != "" {
+			log.Println("incus socket:", status.IncusSocket)
+		}
 
 		// kubernetes
 		if status.Kubernetes {
diff --git a/environment/container/docker/config.toml b/environment/container/docker/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdce3674c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environment/container/docker/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+disabled_plugins = ["cri"]
+
+[grpc]
+gid = 1000
diff --git a/environment/container/docker/containerd.go b/environment/container/docker/containerd.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe0a33d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environment/container/docker/containerd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package docker
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	_ "embed"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+const containerdConfFile = "/etc/containerd/config.toml"
+const containerdConfFileBackup = "/etc/containerd/config.colima.bak.toml"
+
+//go:embed config.toml
+var containerdConf []byte
+
+func (d dockerRuntime) provisionContainerd(ctx context.Context) error {
+	a := d.Init(ctx)
+
+	// containerd config
+	a.Add(func() error {
+		if _, err := d.guest.Stat(containerdConfFileBackup); err == nil {
+			// backup already exists, no need to overwrite
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		// backup existing containerd config
+		if err := d.guest.Run("sudo", "cp", containerdConfFile, containerdConfFileBackup); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error backing up %s: %w", containerdConfFile, err)
+		}
+
+		// write new containerd config
+		if err := d.guest.Write(containerdConfFile, containerdConf); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error writing %s: %w", containerdConfFile, err)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	a.Add(func() error {
+		// restart containerd service
+		return d.guest.Run("sudo", "service", "containerd", "restart")
+	})
+
+	return a.Exec()
+}
diff --git a/environment/container/docker/daemon.go b/environment/container/docker/daemon.go
index 0bf1c5518..4c02c0eff 100644
--- a/environment/container/docker/daemon.go
+++ b/environment/container/docker/daemon.go
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ func (d dockerRuntime) createDaemonFile(conf map[string]any, env map[string]stri
 
 	// enable buildkit (if not set by user)
 	if _, ok := conf["features"]; !ok {
-		conf["features"] = map[string]any{"buildkit": true}
+		conf["features"] = map[string]any{
+			"buildkit":               true,
+			"containerd-snapshotter": true,
+		}
 	}
 
 	// enable cgroupfs for k3s (if not set by user)
diff --git a/environment/container/docker/docker.go b/environment/container/docker/docker.go
index 4ca8844a9..d861c1e65 100644
--- a/environment/container/docker/docker.go
+++ b/environment/container/docker/docker.go
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ func (d dockerRuntime) Provision(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	conf, _ := ctx.Value(config.CtxKey()).(config.Config)
 
+	// provision containerd
+	a.Add(func() error {
+		return d.provisionContainerd(ctx)
+	})
+
 	// daemon.json
 	a.Add(func() error {
 		// these are not fatal errors
diff --git a/environment/vm/lima/yaml.go b/environment/vm/lima/yaml.go
index 3e0d757f4..865dc8312 100644
--- a/environment/vm/lima/yaml.go
+++ b/environment/vm/lima/yaml.go
@@ -216,7 +216,13 @@ func newConf(ctx context.Context, conf config.Config) (l limaconfig.Config, err
 					GuestSocket: "/var/run/docker.sock",
 					HostSocket:  docker.HostSocketFile(),
 					Proto:       limaconfig.TCP,
+				},
+				limaconfig.PortForward{
+					GuestSocket: "/var/run/containerd/containerd.sock",
+					HostSocket:  containerd.HostSocketFiles().Containerd,
+					Proto:       limaconfig.TCP,
 				})
+
 			if config.CurrentProfile().ShortName == "default" {
 				// for backward compatibility, will be removed in future releases
 				l.PortForwards = append(l.PortForwards,