diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 609f494..00a711b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -144,6 +144,17 @@ Ran on 1 node in 33.96 seconds
 
 Provision allows for passing additional command line arguments to the docker run when specifying `vars['docker_run_opts']` as an array of arguments.
 
+When running Debian or Ubuntu containers, the following flags will be added to the $docker_run_opts by default.
+```
+--volume /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:rw --cgroupns=host
+```
+
+These defaults can be overriden by passing the flags with different values i.e.
+
+```
+--volume /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:ro --cgroupns=private
+```
+
 ```
 $ bundle exec bolt --modulepath /Users/tp/workspace/git/ task run provision::docker --targets localhost  action=provision platform=ubuntu:14.04 inventory=/Users/tp/workspace/git/provision vars='{ "docker_run_opts": ["-p 8086:8086", "-p 3000:3000"]}'
 ```
diff --git a/tasks/docker.rb b/tasks/docker.rb
index d0535bb..eca209a 100755
--- a/tasks/docker.rb
+++ b/tasks/docker.rb
@@ -161,11 +161,7 @@ def provision(image, inventory_location, vars)
   warn '!!! Using private port forwarding!!!'
   front_facing_port = random_ssh_forwarding_port
   full_container_name = "#{image.gsub(%r{[\/:\.]}, '_')}-#{front_facing_port}"
-  deb_family_systemd_volume = if (image =~ %r{debian|ubuntu}) && (image !~ %r{debian8|ubuntu14})
-                                '--volume /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:ro'
-                              else
-                                ''
-                              end
+
   node = {
     'uri' => "#{hostname}:#{front_facing_port}",
     'config' => {
@@ -179,12 +175,19 @@ def provision(image, inventory_location, vars)
       'os-release' => os_release_facts,
     },
   }
+  docker_run_opts = ''
   unless vars.nil?
     var_hash = YAML.safe_load(vars)
     node['vars'] = var_hash
     docker_run_opts = var_hash['docker_run_opts'].flatten.join(' ') unless var_hash['docker_run_opts'].nil?
   end
-  creation_command = "docker run -d -it --privileged #{deb_family_systemd_volume} --tmpfs /tmp:exec -p #{front_facing_port}:22 --name #{full_container_name} "
+
+  docker_run_opts += ' --volume /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:rw' if (image =~ %r{debian|ubuntu}) \
+  && (docker_run_opts !~ %r{--volume /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup})
+  docker_run_opts += ' --cgroupns=host' if (image =~ %r{debian|ubuntu}) \
+  && (docker_run_opts !~ %r{--cgroupns})
+
+  creation_command = "docker run -d -it --privileged --tmpfs /tmp:exec -p #{front_facing_port}:22 --name #{full_container_name} "
   creation_command += "#{docker_run_opts} " unless docker_run_opts.nil?
   creation_command += image
   run_local_command(creation_command).strip
diff --git a/tasks/docker_exp.rb b/tasks/docker_exp.rb
index 9b730c4..65deb16 100755
--- a/tasks/docker_exp.rb
+++ b/tasks/docker_exp.rb
@@ -13,17 +13,19 @@ def provision(docker_platform, inventory_location, vars)
   include PuppetLitmus::InventoryManipulation
   inventory_full_path = File.join(inventory_location, '/spec/fixtures/litmus_inventory.yaml')
   inventory_hash = get_inventory_hash(inventory_full_path)
+
+  docker_run_opts = ''
   unless vars.nil?
     var_hash = YAML.safe_load(vars)
     docker_run_opts = var_hash['docker_run_opts'].flatten.join(' ') unless var_hash['docker_run_opts'].nil?
   end
 
-  deb_family_systemd_volume = if (docker_platform =~ %r{debian|ubuntu}) && (docker_platform !~ %r{debian8|ubuntu14})
-                                '--volume /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:ro'
-                              else
-                                ''
-                              end
-  creation_command = "docker run -d -it #{deb_family_systemd_volume} --privileged #{docker_run_opts} #{docker_platform}"
+  docker_run_opts += ' --volume /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:rw' if (docker_platform =~ %r{debian|ubuntu}) \
+  && (docker_run_opts !~ %r{--volume /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup})
+  docker_run_opts += ' --cgroupns=host' if (docker_platform =~ %r{debian|ubuntu}) \
+  && (docker_run_opts !~ %r{--cgroupns})
+
+  creation_command = "docker run -d -it --privileged #{docker_run_opts} #{docker_platform}"
   container_id = run_local_command(creation_command).strip[0..11]
   fix_missing_tty_error_message(container_id) unless platform_is_windows?(docker_platform)
   node = { 'uri' => container_id,
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ def provision(docker_platform, inventory_location, vars)
     var_hash = YAML.safe_load(vars)
     node['vars'] = var_hash
   end
+
   group_name = 'docker_nodes'
   add_node_to_group(inventory_hash, node, group_name)
   File.open(inventory_full_path, 'w') { |f| f.write inventory_hash.to_yaml }