diff --git a/apis/server/container_bridge.go b/apis/server/container_bridge.go
index 008512f07..da355b936 100644
--- a/apis/server/container_bridge.go
+++ b/apis/server/container_bridge.go
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ func (s *Server) createContainer(ctx context.Context, rw http.ResponseWriter, re
 	logCreateOptions("container", config)
 
 	name := req.FormValue("name")
+	//consider set specific id by url params
+	specificID := req.FormValue("specificId")
+	if specificID != "" {
+		config.SpecificID = specificID
+	}
 
 	// to do compensation to potential nil pointer after validation
 	if config.HostConfig == nil {
diff --git a/apis/swagger.yml b/apis/swagger.yml
index 1c61f5cd1..8614984bb 100644
--- a/apis/swagger.yml
+++ b/apis/swagger.yml
@@ -2233,6 +2233,14 @@ definitions:
         description: "net priority."
         type: "integer"
         default: 0
+      SpecificID:
+        type: "string"
+        description: |
+          Create container with given id.
+          MinLength: 64
+          MaxLength: 64
+          The characters of given id should be in 0123456789abcdef.
+          By default, given id is unnecessary.
  
   ContainerCreateResp:
     description: "response returned by daemon when container create successfully"
diff --git a/apis/types/container_config.go b/apis/types/container_config.go
index 0ac8a3a56..8c920ec33 100644
--- a/apis/types/container_config.go
+++ b/apis/types/container_config.go
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ type ContainerConfig struct {
 	// annotations send to runtime spec.
 	SpecAnnotation map[string]string `json:"SpecAnnotation,omitempty"`
 
+	// Create container with given id.
+	// MinLength: 64
+	// MaxLength: 64
+	// The characters of given id should be in 0123456789abcdef.
+	// By default, given id is unnecessary.
+	//
+	SpecificID string `json:"SpecificID,omitempty"`
+
 	// Close `stdin` after one attached client disconnects
 	StdinOnce bool `json:"StdinOnce,omitempty"`
 
diff --git a/cli/common_flags.go b/cli/common_flags.go
index 35a36b71c..3397e095e 100644
--- a/cli/common_flags.go
+++ b/cli/common_flags.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func addCommonFlags(flagSet *pflag.FlagSet) *container {
 	flagSet.Int64Var(&c.oomScoreAdj, "oom-score-adj", -500, "Tune host's OOM preferences (-1000 to 1000)")
 
 	flagSet.StringVar(&c.name, "name", "", "Specify name of container")
+	flagSet.StringVar(&c.specificID, "specific-id", "", "Specify id of container, length of id should be 64, characters of id should be in '0123456789abcdef'")
 
 	flagSet.StringSliceVar(&c.networks, "net", nil, "Set networks to container")
 	flagSet.StringSliceVarP(&c.ports, "port", "p", nil, "Set container ports mapping")
diff --git a/cli/container.go b/cli/container.go
index f4ec48799..769782baa 100644
--- a/cli/container.go
+++ b/cli/container.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type container struct {
 	hostname            string
 	rm                  bool
 	disableNetworkFiles bool
+	specificID          string
 
 	blkioWeight          uint16
 	blkioWeightDevice    config.WeightDevice
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ func (c *container) config() (*types.ContainerCreateConfig, error) {
 			QuotaID:             c.quotaID,
 			SpecAnnotation:      specAnnotation,
 			NetPriority:         c.netPriority,
+			SpecificID:          c.specificID,
 		},
 
 		HostConfig: &types.HostConfig{
diff --git a/daemon/mgr/container.go b/daemon/mgr/container.go
index 30ab0800d..cfa75386c 100644
--- a/daemon/mgr/container.go
+++ b/daemon/mgr/container.go
@@ -302,10 +302,18 @@ func (mgr *ContainerManager) Create(ctx context.Context, name string, config *ty
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(errtypes.ErrInvalidParam, "NetworkingConfig cannot be empty")
 	}
 
-	id, err := mgr.generateID()
+	id, err := mgr.generateContainerID(config.SpecificID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	//put container id to cache to prevent concurrent containerCreateReq with same specific id
+	mgr.cache.Put(id, nil)
+	defer func() {
+		//clear cache
+		if err != nil {
+			mgr.cache.Remove(id)
+		}
+	}()
 
 	if name == "" {
 		name = mgr.generateName(id)
@@ -1874,3 +1882,24 @@ func (mgr *ContainerManager) execProcessGC() {
 func (mgr *ContainerManager) NewSnapshotsSyncer(snapshotStore *SnapshotStore, duration time.Duration) *SnapshotsSyncer {
 	return newSnapshotsSyncer(snapshotStore, mgr.Client, duration)
 }
+
+func (mgr *ContainerManager) generateContainerID(specificID string) (string, error) {
+	if specificID != "" {
+		if len(specificID) != 64 {
+			return "", errors.Wrap(errtypes.ErrInvalidParam, "Container id length should be 64")
+		}
+		//characters of containerID should be in "0123456789abcdef"
+		for _, c := range []byte(specificID) {
+			if !((c >= '0' && c <= '9') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')) {
+				return "", errors.Wrap(errtypes.ErrInvalidParam, "The characters of container id should be in '0123456789abcdef'")
+			}
+		}
+
+		if mgr.cache.Get(specificID).Exist() {
+			return "", errors.Wrap(errtypes.ErrAlreadyExisted, "container id: "+specificID)
+		}
+		return specificID, nil
+	}
+
+	return mgr.generateID()
+}
diff --git a/test/api_container_create_test.go b/test/api_container_create_test.go
index 85a3371bf..705d1c0be 100644
--- a/test/api_container_create_test.go
+++ b/test/api_container_create_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -279,3 +280,114 @@ func (suite *APIContainerCreateSuite) TestCreateWithMacAddress(c *check.C) {
 
 	DelContainerForceMultyTime(c, cname)
 }
+
+func (suite *APIContainerCreateSuite) TestBasicWithSpecificID(c *check.C) {
+	{
+		specificID := "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef"
+		obj := map[string]interface{}{
+			"Image":      busyboxImage,
+			"HostConfig": map[string]interface{}{},
+			"SpecificID": specificID,
+		}
+
+		body := request.WithJSONBody(obj)
+		resp, err := request.Post("/containers/create", body)
+		c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+		CheckRespStatus(c, resp, 201)
+
+		// Decode response
+		got := types.ContainerCreateResp{}
+		c.Assert(request.DecodeBody(&got, resp.Body), check.IsNil)
+		c.Assert(got.ID, check.Equals, specificID)
+		c.Assert(got.Name, check.NotNil)
+
+		DelContainerForceMultyTime(c, got.ID)
+	}
+
+	//transfer specific id by url params
+	{
+		specificID := "0123456789fedcbaab0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcd"
+		q := url.Values{}
+		q.Add("specificId", specificID)
+		query := request.WithQuery(q)
+		obj := map[string]interface{}{
+			"Image":      busyboxImage,
+			"HostConfig": map[string]interface{}{},
+		}
+
+		body := request.WithJSONBody(obj)
+		resp, err := request.Post("/containers/create", query, body)
+		c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+		CheckRespStatus(c, resp, 201)
+
+		// Decode response
+		got := types.ContainerCreateResp{}
+		c.Assert(request.DecodeBody(&got, resp.Body), check.IsNil)
+		c.Assert(got.ID, check.Equals, specificID)
+		c.Assert(got.Name, check.NotNil)
+
+		DelContainerForceMultyTime(c, got.ID)
+	}
+}
+
+func (suite *APIContainerCreateSuite) TestInvalidSpecificID(c *check.C) {
+	obj := map[string]interface{}{
+		"Image":      busyboxImage,
+		"HostConfig": map[string]interface{}{},
+	}
+
+	//case1: specificID len is less than 64
+	{
+		obj["SpecificID"] = "123456789ab"
+		body := request.WithJSONBody(obj)
+		resp, err := request.Post("/containers/create", body)
+		c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+		CheckRespStatus(c, resp, http.StatusBadRequest)
+	}
+
+	//case2: specificID len is more than 64
+	{
+		obj["SpecificID"] = "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0"
+		body := request.WithJSONBody(obj)
+		resp, err := request.Post("/containers/create", body)
+		c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+		CheckRespStatus(c, resp, http.StatusBadRequest)
+	}
+
+	//case3: characters of specificID is not in "0123456789abcdef"
+	{
+		obj["SpecificID"] = "0123456789abcdefhi0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcd"
+		body := request.WithJSONBody(obj)
+		resp, err := request.Post("/containers/create", body)
+		c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+		CheckRespStatus(c, resp, http.StatusBadRequest)
+	}
+
+	//case4: specificID is conflict with existing one
+	{
+		specificID := "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef"
+		obj := map[string]interface{}{
+			"Image":      busyboxImage,
+			"HostConfig": map[string]interface{}{},
+			"SpecificID": specificID,
+		}
+
+		body := request.WithJSONBody(obj)
+		resp, err := request.Post("/containers/create", body)
+		c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+		CheckRespStatus(c, resp, 201)
+
+		// Decode response
+		got := types.ContainerCreateResp{}
+		c.Assert(request.DecodeBody(&got, resp.Body), check.IsNil)
+		c.Assert(got.ID, check.Equals, specificID)
+		c.Assert(got.Name, check.NotNil)
+
+		defer DelContainerForceMultyTime(c, got.ID)
+
+		//create container with existing id
+		resp, err = request.Post("/containers/create", body)
+		c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+		CheckRespStatus(c, resp, http.StatusConflict)
+	}
+}