diff --git a/cmd/dockerd/daemon_windows.go b/cmd/dockerd/daemon_windows.go
index 08a77b7cb81d7..ee180b062d180 100644
--- a/cmd/dockerd/daemon_windows.go
+++ b/cmd/dockerd/daemon_windows.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/config"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/libcontainerd/supervisor"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
 )
@@ -93,7 +94,30 @@ func newCgroupParent(config *config.Config) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func (cli *DaemonCli) initContainerD(_ context.Context) (func(time.Duration) error, error) {
+func (cli *DaemonCli) initContainerD(ctx context.Context) (func(time.Duration) error, error) {
+	if cli.Config.ContainerdAddr == "" && cli.Config.DefaultRuntime == config.WindowsV2RuntimeName {
+		cli.Config.ContainerdAddr = supervisor.GrpcPipeName
+		system.InitContainerdRuntime(cli.Config.ContainerdAddr)
+
+		var waitForShutdown func(time.Duration) error
+		logrus.Debug("Starting daemon managed containerd")
+		opts, err := cli.getContainerdDaemonOpts()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to generate containerd options")
+		}
+
+		r, err := supervisor.Start(ctx, filepath.Join(cli.Config.Root, "containerd"), filepath.Join(cli.Config.ExecRoot, "containerd"), opts...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to start containerd")
+		}
+		logrus.Debug("Started daemon managed containerd")
+		cli.Config.ContainerdAddr = r.Address()
+
+		// Try to wait for containerd to shutdown
+		waitForShutdown = r.WaitTimeout
+		return waitForShutdown, nil
+	}
+
 	system.InitContainerdRuntime(cli.Config.ContainerdAddr)
 	return nil, nil
 }
diff --git a/daemon/config/config.go b/daemon/config/config.go
index 645beb8c032f6..9d26e46436fef 100644
--- a/daemon/config/config.go
+++ b/daemon/config/config.go
@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@ const (
 	SeccompProfileUnconfined = "unconfined"
 )
 
-var builtinRuntimes = map[string]bool{
-	StockRuntimeName:   true,
-	LinuxV2RuntimeName: true,
-}
-
 // flatOptions contains configuration keys
 // that MUST NOT be parsed as deep structures.
 // Use this to differentiate these options
diff --git a/daemon/config/config_linux.go b/daemon/config/config_linux.go
index 27d1c11806a33..8e038d8c47252 100644
--- a/daemon/config/config_linux.go
+++ b/daemon/config/config_linux.go
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ const (
 	StockRuntimeName = "runc"
 )
 
+var builtinRuntimes = map[string]bool{
+	StockRuntimeName:   true,
+	LinuxV2RuntimeName: true,
+}
+
 // BridgeConfig stores all the bridge driver specific
 // configuration.
 type BridgeConfig struct {
diff --git a/daemon/config/config_windows.go b/daemon/config/config_windows.go
index 29d7dbaa16c58..bb32a402a5e6b 100644
--- a/daemon/config/config_windows.go
+++ b/daemon/config/config_windows.go
@@ -8,8 +8,16 @@ const (
 	// This is used by the `default-runtime` flag in dockerd as the default value.
 	// On windows we'd prefer to keep this empty so the value is auto-detected based on other options.
 	StockRuntimeName = ""
+
+	WindowsV1RuntimeName = "com.docker.hcsshim.v1"
+	WindowsV2RuntimeName = "io.containerd.runhcs.v1"
 )
 
+var builtinRuntimes = map[string]bool{
+	WindowsV1RuntimeName: true,
+	WindowsV2RuntimeName: true,
+}
+
 // BridgeConfig stores all the bridge driver specific
 // configuration.
 type BridgeConfig struct {
diff --git a/daemon/daemon_windows.go b/daemon/daemon_windows.go
index 3dc8e09aeb8d4..0eabf9057ddcc 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon_windows.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon_windows.go
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ const (
 	windowsMaxCPUShares  = 10000
 	windowsMinCPUPercent = 1
 	windowsMaxCPUPercent = 100
-
-	windowsV1RuntimeName = "com.docker.hcsshim.v1"
-	windowsV2RuntimeName = "io.containerd.runhcs.v1"
 )
 
 // Windows containers are much larger than Linux containers and each of them
@@ -637,14 +634,14 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) initLibcontainerd(ctx context.Context) error {
 	rt := daemon.configStore.GetDefaultRuntimeName()
 	if rt == "" {
 		if daemon.configStore.ContainerdAddr == "" {
-			rt = windowsV1RuntimeName
+			rt = config.WindowsV1RuntimeName
 		} else {
-			rt = windowsV2RuntimeName
+			rt = config.WindowsV2RuntimeName
 		}
 	}
 
 	switch rt {
-	case windowsV1RuntimeName:
+	case config.WindowsV1RuntimeName:
 		daemon.containerd, err = local.NewClient(
 			ctx,
 			daemon.containerdCli,
@@ -652,7 +649,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) initLibcontainerd(ctx context.Context) error {
 			daemon.configStore.ContainerdNamespace,
 			daemon,
 		)
-	case windowsV2RuntimeName:
+	case config.WindowsV2RuntimeName:
 		if daemon.configStore.ContainerdAddr == "" {
 			return fmt.Errorf("cannot use the specified runtime %q without containerd", rt)
 		}
diff --git a/libcontainerd/supervisor/remote_daemon_windows.go b/libcontainerd/supervisor/remote_daemon_windows.go
index 9b254ef58a0aa..420ba8a8d5eb0 100644
--- a/libcontainerd/supervisor/remote_daemon_windows.go
+++ b/libcontainerd/supervisor/remote_daemon_windows.go
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	grpcPipeName  = `\\.\pipe\containerd-containerd`
-	debugPipeName = `\\.\pipe\containerd-debug`
+	GrpcPipeName  = `\\.\pipe\docker-containerd`
+	debugPipeName = `\\.\pipe\docker-containerd-debug`
 )
 
 func (r *remote) setDefaults() {
 	if r.GRPC.Address == "" {
-		r.GRPC.Address = grpcPipeName
+		r.GRPC.Address = GrpcPipeName
 	}
 	if r.Debug.Address == "" {
 		r.Debug.Address = debugPipeName