diff --git a/cli/info.go b/cli/info.go
index f5e1dfa96..cd39bf212 100644
--- a/cli/info.go
+++ b/cli/info.go
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ func prettyPrintInfo(cli *Cli, info *types.SystemInfo) error {
 	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Logging Driver:", info.LoggingDriver)
 	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Volume Drivers:", info.VolumeDrivers)
 	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Cgroup Driver:", info.CgroupDriver)
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Default Runtime:", info.DefaultRuntime)
 	if len(info.Runtimes) > 0 {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Runtimes:")
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Runtimes:")
 		for name := range info.Runtimes {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "%s", name)
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, " %s", name)
 		}
 		fmt.Fprint(os.Stdout, "\n")
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "Default Runtime:", info.DefaultRuntime)
 	}
 	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "runc:", info.RuncCommit)
 	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, "containerd:", info.ContainerdCommit)
diff --git a/config/opt/runtime.go b/config/opt/runtime.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7244bfbe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/opt/runtime.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package opt
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/alibaba/pouch/apis/types"
+)
+
+// Runtime defines runtimes information
+type Runtime struct {
+	values *map[string]types.Runtime
+}
+
+// NewRuntime initials a Runtime struct
+func NewRuntime(rts *map[string]types.Runtime) *Runtime {
+	if rts == nil {
+		rts = &map[string]types.Runtime{}
+	}
+
+	if *rts == nil {
+		*rts = map[string]types.Runtime{}
+	}
+
+	rt := &Runtime{values: rts}
+	return rt
+}
+
+// Set implement Runtime as pflag.Value interface
+func (r *Runtime) Set(val string) error {
+	splits := strings.Split(val, "=")
+	if len(splits) != 2 || splits[0] == "" || splits[1] == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid runtime %s, correct format must be runtime=path", val)
+	}
+
+	name := splits[0]
+	path := splits[1]
+	if _, exist := (*r.values)[name]; exist {
+		return fmt.Errorf("runtime %s already registers to daemon", name)
+	}
+
+	(*r.values)[name] = types.Runtime{Path: path}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// String implement Runtime as pflag.Value interface
+func (r *Runtime) String() string {
+	var str []string
+	for k := range *r.values {
+		str = append(str, fmt.Sprintf("%s", k))
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v", str)
+}
+
+// Type implement Runtime as pflag.Value interface
+func (r *Runtime) Type() string {
+	return "value"
+}
diff --git a/config/opt/runtime_test.go b/config/opt/runtime_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f380ea388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/opt/runtime_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package opt
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/alibaba/pouch/apis/types"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestNewRuntime(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	for _, r := range []*map[string]types.Runtime{
+		nil,
+		{},
+		{
+			"a": {},
+			"b": {Path: "foo"},
+		},
+	} {
+		runtime := NewRuntime(r)
+		// just test no panic here
+		assert.NoError(runtime.Set("foo=bar"))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/daemon/config/config.go b/daemon/config/config.go
index 159cd6476..9da65799e 100644
--- a/daemon/config/config.go
+++ b/daemon/config/config.go
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// oom_score_adj for the daemon
 	OOMScoreAdjust int `json:"oom-score-adjust,omitempty"`
+
+	// runtimes config
+	// TODO(Ace-Tang): runtime args is not support, since containerd is not support,
+	// add a resolution later if it needed.
+	Runtimes map[string]types.Runtime `json:"add-runtime,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Validate validates the user input config.
@@ -128,6 +133,16 @@ func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
 
 	// TODO: add config validation
 
+	// validates runtimes config
+	if len(cfg.Runtimes) == 0 {
+		cfg.Runtimes = make(map[string]types.Runtime)
+	}
+	if _, exist := cfg.Runtimes[cfg.DefaultRuntime]; exist {
+		return fmt.Errorf("default runtime %s cannot be re-register", cfg.DefaultRuntime)
+	}
+	// add default runtime
+	cfg.Runtimes[cfg.DefaultRuntime] = types.Runtime{Path: cfg.DefaultRuntime}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -141,17 +156,16 @@ func (cfg *Config) MergeConfigurations(flagSet *pflag.FlagSet) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read contents from config file %s: %s", cfg.ConfigFile, err)
 	}
 
-	var origin map[string]interface{}
-	if err = json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(contents)).Decode(&origin); err != nil {
+	var fileFlags map[string]interface{}
+	if err = json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(contents)).Decode(&fileFlags); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to decode json: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	if len(origin) == 0 {
+	if len(fileFlags) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	fileFlags := make(map[string]interface{}, 0)
-	iterateConfig(origin, fileFlags)
+	transferTLSConfig(fileFlags)
 
 	// check if invalid or unknown flag exist in config file
 	if err = getUnknownFlags(flagSet, fileFlags); err != nil {
@@ -211,6 +225,29 @@ func (cfg *Config) delValue(flagSet *pflag.FlagSet, fileFlags map[string]interfa
 	return cfg
 }
 
+// transferTLSConfig fetch key value from tls config
+// {
+//   "tlscert": "...",
+//   "tlscacert": "..."
+// }
+// add this transfer logic since no flag named TLS, but tlscert, tlscert...
+// we should fetch them to do unknown flags and conflict flags check
+func transferTLSConfig(config map[string]interface{}) {
+	v, exist := config["TLS"]
+	if !exist {
+		return
+	}
+
+	var tlscofig map[string]interface{}
+	iterateConfig(map[string]interface{}{
+		"TLS": v,
+	}, tlscofig)
+
+	for k, v := range tlscofig {
+		config[k] = v
+	}
+}
+
 // iterateConfig resolves key-value from config file iteratly.
 func iterateConfig(origin map[string]interface{}, config map[string]interface{}) {
 	for k, v := range origin {
diff --git a/daemon/mgr/container.go b/daemon/mgr/container.go
index b2e617ecd..f3dc83059 100644
--- a/daemon/mgr/container.go
+++ b/daemon/mgr/container.go
@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ func (mgr *ContainerManager) Create(ctx context.Context, name string, config *ty
 		config.HostConfig.Runtime = mgr.Config.DefaultRuntime
 	}
 
+	if _, exist := mgr.Config.Runtimes[config.HostConfig.Runtime]; !exist {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown runtime %s", config.HostConfig.Runtime)
+	}
+
 	config.Image = primaryRef.String()
 	// create a snapshot with image.
 	if err := mgr.Client.CreateSnapshot(ctx, id, config.Image); err != nil {
diff --git a/daemon/mgr/system.go b/daemon/mgr/system.go
index ef87c9a22..8dede7d16 100644
--- a/daemon/mgr/system.go
+++ b/daemon/mgr/system.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (mgr *SystemManager) Info() (types.SystemInfo, error) {
 		PouchRootDir:       mgr.config.HomeDir,
 		RegistryConfig:     &mgr.config.RegistryService,
 		// RuncCommit: ,
-		// Runtimes: ,
+		Runtimes: mgr.config.Runtimes,
 		// SecurityOptions: ,
 		ServerVersion:   version.Version,
 		ListenAddresses: mgr.config.Listen,
diff --git a/hack/make.sh b/hack/make.sh
index a2dcebdea..2304a2c64 100755
--- a/hack/make.sh
+++ b/hack/make.sh
@@ -260,10 +260,10 @@ function target
 		# start pouch daemon
 		echo "start pouch daemon"
 		if stat /usr/bin/lxcfs ; then
-			$POUCHD --debug --enable-lxcfs=true \
+			$POUCHD --debug --enable-lxcfs=true --add-runtime runv=runv \
 				--lxcfs=/usr/bin/lxcfs > "$TMP/log" 2>&1 &
 		else
-			$POUCHD --debug > "$TMP/log" 2>&1 &
+			$POUCHD --debug --add-runtime runv=runv > "$TMP/log" 2>&1 &
 		fi
 
 		# wait until pouch daemon is ready
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1a8b3e338..50cafc7bf 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/alibaba/pouch/config/opt"
 	"github.com/alibaba/pouch/daemon"
 	"github.com/alibaba/pouch/daemon/config"
 	"github.com/alibaba/pouch/lxcfs"
@@ -42,17 +43,11 @@ func main() {
 		Args:         cobra.NoArgs,
 		SilenceUsage: true,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			return runDaemon()
+			return runDaemon(cmd)
 		},
 	}
 
 	setupFlags(cmdServe)
-	parseFlags(cmdServe, os.Args[1:])
-	if err := loadDaemonFile(cfg, cmdServe.Flags()); err != nil {
-		logrus.Errorf("failed to load daemon file: %s", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
 	if err := cmdServe.Execute(); err != nil {
 		logrus.Error(err)
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -116,21 +111,16 @@ func setupFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	flagSet.BoolVar(&cfg.EnableProfiler, "enable-profiler", false, "Set if pouchd setup profiler")
 	flagSet.StringVar(&cfg.Pidfile, "pidfile", "/var/run/pouch.pid", "Save daemon pid")
 	flagSet.IntVar(&cfg.OOMScoreAdjust, "oom-score-adj", -500, "Set the oom_score_adj for the daemon")
-}
+	flagSet.Var(opt.NewRuntime(&cfg.Runtimes), "add-runtime", "register a OCI runtime to daemon")
 
-// parse flags
-func parseFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, flags []string) {
-	err := cmd.Flags().Parse(flags)
-	if err == nil || err == pflag.ErrHelp {
-		return
-	}
-
-	cmd.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
-	cmd.Usage()
 }
 
 // runDaemon prepares configs, setups essential details and runs pouchd daemon.
-func runDaemon() error {
+func runDaemon(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
+	if err := loadDaemonFile(cfg, cmd.Flags()); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to load daemon file: %s", err)
+	}
+
 	//user specifies --version or -v, print version and return.
 	if printVersion {
 		fmt.Printf("pouchd version: %s, build: %s, build at: %s\n", version.Version, version.GitCommit, version.BuildTime)
diff --git a/test/z_cli_daemon_test.go b/test/z_cli_daemon_test.go
index 838deb98b..22e7b965e 100644
--- a/test/z_cli_daemon_test.go
+++ b/test/z_cli_daemon_test.go
@@ -451,3 +451,18 @@ func (suite *PouchDaemonSuite) TestDaemonStartOverOneTimes(c *check.C) {
 	c.Assert(err, check.NotNil)
 
 }
+
+// TestDaemonWithMultiRuntimes tests start daemon with multiple runtimes
+func (suite *PouchDaemonSuite) TestDaemonWithMultiRuntimes(c *check.C) {
+	dcfg1, err := StartDefaultDaemonDebug(
+		"--add-runtime", "foo=bar")
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+	dcfg1.KillDaemon()
+
+	// should fail if runtime name equal
+	dcfg2, err := StartDefaultDaemonDebug(
+		"--add-runtime", "runa=runa",
+		"--add-runtime", "runa=runa")
+	c.Assert(err, check.NotNil)
+	dcfg2.KillDaemon()
+}