diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/containerd/1.4.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/containerd/1.4.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e4f743013b2717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/containerd/1.4.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, buildGoPackage
+, btrfs-progs
+, go-md2man
+, installShellFiles
+, util-linux
+, nixosTests
+}:
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  pname = "containerd";
+  version = "1.4.9";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "containerd";
+    repo = "containerd";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1ykikks6ihgg899ibk9m9m0hqrbss0cx7l7z4yjb873b10bacj52";
+  };
+
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/containerd/containerd";
+  outputs = [ "out" "man" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ go-md2man installShellFiles util-linux ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ btrfs-progs ];
+
+  buildFlags = [ "VERSION=v${version}" "REVISION=${src.rev}" ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    cd go/src/${goPackagePath}
+    patchShebangs .
+    make binaries man $buildFlags
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -Dm555 bin/* -t $out/bin
+    installManPage man/*.[1-9]
+    installShellCompletion --bash contrib/autocomplete/ctr
+    installShellCompletion --zsh --name _ctr contrib/autocomplete/zsh_autocomplete
+  '';
+
+  passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) docker; };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://containerd.io/";
+    description = "A daemon to control runC";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix
index 64684ffc0a288b..a1821aa2a316e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ rec {
       # package dependencies
       , stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildGoPackage
       , makeWrapper, installShellFiles, pkg-config, glibc
-      , go-md2man, go, containerd, runc, docker-proxy, tini, libtool
+      , go-md2man, go, containerd_1_4, runc, docker-proxy, tini, libtool
       , sqlite, iproute2, lvm2, systemd, docker-buildx
       , btrfs-progs, iptables, e2fsprogs, xz, util-linux, xfsprogs, git
       , procps, libseccomp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ rec {
       patches = [];
     });
 
-    docker-containerd = containerd.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
+    docker-containerd = containerd_1_4.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
       name = "docker-containerd-${version}";
       inherit version;
       src = fetchFromGitHub {
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ rec {
       homepage = "https://www.docker.com/";
       description = "An open source project to pack, ship and run any application as a lightweight container";
       license = licenses.asl20;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline tailhook vdemeester periklis mikroskeem ];
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline tailhook vdemeester periklis mikroskeem maxeaubrey ];
       platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
     };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c7766eb1f26fef..1bed1faeff3f61 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23671,6 +23671,7 @@ in
   comical = callPackage ../applications/graphics/comical { };
 
   containerd = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/containerd { };
+  containerd_1_4 = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/containerd/1.4.nix { };
 
   convchain = callPackage ../tools/graphics/convchain {};