diff --git a/api/v1/server.go b/api/v1/server.go
index fbc6000..3f93e7c 100644
--- a/api/v1/server.go
+++ b/api/v1/server.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/docker/containerd"
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/runtime"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/specs"
 )
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ func (s *server) updateContainer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 	e := containerd.NewEvent(containerd.UpdateContainerEventType)
 	e.ID = id
-	e.State = &containerd.State{
-		Status: containerd.Status(string(state.Status)),
+	e.State = &runtime.State{
+		Status: runtime.Status(string(state.Status)),
 	}
 	s.supervisor.SendEvent(e)
 	if err := <-e.Err; err != nil {
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ func writeContainers(w http.ResponseWriter, e *containerd.Event) error {
 	return json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(&state)
 }
 
-func createProcess(in containerd.Process) *Process {
+func createProcess(in runtime.Process) *Process {
 	pid, err := in.Pid()
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.WithField("error", err).Error("get process pid")
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ func (s *server) createContainer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	e := containerd.NewEvent(containerd.StartContainerEventType)
 	e.ID = id
 	e.BundlePath = c.BundlePath
-	e.Stdio = &containerd.Stdio{
+	e.Stdio = &runtime.Stdio{
 		Stderr: c.Stderr,
 		Stdout: c.Stdout,
 	}
diff --git a/delete.go b/delete.go
index 9312549..8695ea0 100644
--- a/delete.go
+++ b/delete.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package containerd
 
-import "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+import (
+	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/runtime"
+)
 
 type DeleteEvent struct {
 	s *Supervisor
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@ func (h *DeleteEvent) Handle(e *Event) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (h *DeleteEvent) deleteContainer(container Container) error {
+func (h *DeleteEvent) deleteContainer(container runtime.Container) error {
 	delete(h.s.containers, container.ID())
 	return container.Delete()
 }
diff --git a/event.go b/event.go
index 93a2484..e5dd12f 100644
--- a/event.go
+++ b/event.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/runtime"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/specs"
 )
 
@@ -27,24 +28,19 @@ func NewEvent(t EventType) *Event {
 	}
 }
 
-type Stdio struct {
-	Stderr string `json:"stderr,omitempty"`
-	Stdout string `json:"stdout,omitempty"`
-}
-
 type Event struct {
-	Type       EventType      `json:"type"`
-	Timestamp  time.Time      `json:"timestamp"`
-	ID         string         `json:"id,omitempty"`
-	BundlePath string         `json:"bundlePath,omitempty"`
-	Stdio      *Stdio         `json:"stdio,omitempty"`
-	Pid        int            `json:"pid,omitempty"`
-	Status     int            `json:"status,omitempty"`
-	Signal     os.Signal      `json:"signal,omitempty"`
-	Process    *specs.Process `json:"process,omitempty"`
-	State      *State         `json:"state,omitempty"`
-	Containers []Container    `json:"-"`
-	Err        chan error     `json:"-"`
+	Type       EventType           `json:"type"`
+	Timestamp  time.Time           `json:"timestamp"`
+	ID         string              `json:"id,omitempty"`
+	BundlePath string              `json:"bundlePath,omitempty"`
+	Stdio      *runtime.Stdio      `json:"stdio,omitempty"`
+	Pid        int                 `json:"pid,omitempty"`
+	Status     int                 `json:"status,omitempty"`
+	Signal     os.Signal           `json:"signal,omitempty"`
+	Process    *specs.Process      `json:"process,omitempty"`
+	State      *runtime.State      `json:"state,omitempty"`
+	Containers []runtime.Container `json:"-"`
+	Err        chan error          `json:"-"`
 }
 
 type Handler interface {
diff --git a/container.go b/runtime/container.go
similarity index 90%
rename from container.go
rename to runtime/container.go
index 119478f..53d2bc1 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/runtime/container.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package containerd
+package runtime
 
 import (
 	"os"
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ type State struct {
 	Status Status `json:"status,omitempty"`
 }
 
+type Stdio struct {
+	Stderr string `json:"stderr,omitempty"`
+	Stdout string `json:"stdout,omitempty"`
+}
+
 type Container interface {
 	// ID returns the container ID
 	ID() string
diff --git a/runtime.go b/runtime/runtime.go
similarity index 93%
rename from runtime.go
rename to runtime/runtime.go
index c74230a..02c86db 100644
--- a/runtime.go
+++ b/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package containerd
+package runtime
 
 import "github.com/opencontainers/specs"
 
diff --git a/runtime_linux.go b/runtime_linux.go
index fa8bb74..5a3ad1a 100644
--- a/runtime_linux.go
+++ b/runtime_linux.go
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
+	goruntime "runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/runtime"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/configs"
 	_ "github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/nsenter"
@@ -149,8 +150,8 @@ var mountPropagationMapping = map[string]int{
 
 func init() {
 	if len(os.Args) > 1 && os.Args[1] == "init" {
-		runtime.GOMAXPROCS(1)
-		runtime.LockOSThread()
+		goruntime.GOMAXPROCS(1)
+		goruntime.LockOSThread()
 		factory, _ := libcontainer.New("")
 		if err := factory.StartInitialization(); err != nil {
 			fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, err)
@@ -199,8 +200,8 @@ func (c *libcontainerContainer) Pause() error {
 	return c.c.Pause()
 }
 
-func (c *libcontainerContainer) State() State {
-	s := State{}
+func (c *libcontainerContainer) State() runtime.State {
+	s := runtime.State{}
 	// TODO: what to do with error
 	state, err := c.c.Status()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -208,9 +209,9 @@ func (c *libcontainerContainer) State() State {
 	}
 	switch state {
 	case libcontainer.Paused, libcontainer.Pausing:
-		s.Status = Paused
+		s.Status = runtime.Paused
 	default:
-		s.Status = Running
+		s.Status = runtime.Running
 	}
 	return s
 }
@@ -241,8 +242,8 @@ func (c *libcontainerContainer) Delete() error {
 	return c.c.Destroy()
 }
 
-func (c *libcontainerContainer) Processes() ([]Process, error) {
-	procs := []Process{
+func (c *libcontainerContainer) Processes() ([]runtime.Process, error) {
+	procs := []runtime.Process{
 		c.initProcess,
 	}
 	for _, p := range c.additionalProcesses {
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ func (c *libcontainerContainer) RemoveProcess(pid int) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func NewRuntime(stateDir string) (Runtime, error) {
+func NewRuntime(stateDir string) (runtime.Runtime, error) {
 	f, err := libcontainer.New(stateDir, libcontainer.Cgroupfs, func(l *libcontainer.LinuxFactory) error {
 		//l.CriuPath = context.GlobalString("criu")
 		return nil
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@ type libcontainerRuntime struct {
 	factory libcontainer.Factory
 }
 
-func (r *libcontainerRuntime) Create(id, bundlePath string, stdio *Stdio) (Container, error) {
+func (r *libcontainerRuntime) Create(id, bundlePath string, stdio *runtime.Stdio) (runtime.Container, error) {
 	spec, rspec, err := r.loadSpec(
 		filepath.Join(bundlePath, "config.json"),
 		filepath.Join(bundlePath, "runtime.json"),
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ func (r *libcontainerRuntime) Create(id, bundlePath string, stdio *Stdio) (Conta
 	return c, nil
 }
 
-func (r *libcontainerRuntime) StartProcess(ci Container, p specs.Process, stdio *Stdio) (Process, error) {
+func (r *libcontainerRuntime) StartProcess(ci runtime.Container, p specs.Process, stdio *runtime.Stdio) (runtime.Process, error) {
 	c, ok := ci.(*libcontainerContainer)
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, errInvalidContainerType
@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@ func (r *libcontainerRuntime) StartProcess(ci Container, p specs.Process, stdio
 
 // newProcess returns a new libcontainer Process with the arguments from the
 // spec and stdio from the current process.
-func (r *libcontainerRuntime) newProcess(p specs.Process, stdio *Stdio) (*libcontainer.Process, error) {
+func (r *libcontainerRuntime) newProcess(p specs.Process, stdio *runtime.Stdio) (*libcontainer.Process, error) {
 	var (
 		stderr, stdout io.Writer
 	)
diff --git a/supervisor.go b/supervisor.go
index 4599792..706d589 100644
--- a/supervisor.go
+++ b/supervisor.go
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ package containerd
 import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
+	goruntime "runtime"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/runtime"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer"
 )
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ func NewSupervisor(stateDir string, concurrency int) (*Supervisor, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// register counters
-	runtime, err := NewRuntime(stateDir)
+	r, err := NewRuntime(stateDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -27,9 +28,9 @@ func NewSupervisor(stateDir string, concurrency int) (*Supervisor, error) {
 	}
 	s := &Supervisor{
 		stateDir:   stateDir,
-		containers: make(map[string]Container),
-		processes:  make(map[int]Container),
-		runtime:    runtime,
+		containers: make(map[string]runtime.Container),
+		processes:  make(map[int]runtime.Container),
+		runtime:    r,
 		tasks:      make(chan *startTask, concurrency*100),
 		journal:    j,
 	}
@@ -54,10 +55,10 @@ func NewSupervisor(stateDir string, concurrency int) (*Supervisor, error) {
 type Supervisor struct {
 	// stateDir is the directory on the system to store container runtime state information.
 	stateDir    string
-	containers  map[string]Container
-	processes   map[int]Container
+	containers  map[string]runtime.Container
+	processes   map[int]runtime.Container
 	handlers    map[EventType]Handler
-	runtime     Runtime
+	runtime     runtime.Runtime
 	journal     *journal
 	events      chan *Event
 	tasks       chan *startTask
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ func (s *Supervisor) Start(events chan *Event) error {
 	go func() {
 		// allocate an entire thread to this goroutine for the main event loop
 		// so that nothing else is scheduled over the top of it.
-		runtime.LockOSThread()
+		goruntime.LockOSThread()
 		for e := range events {
 			s.journal.write(e)
 			h, ok := s.handlers[e.Type]
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ func (s *Supervisor) Start(events chan *Event) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *Supervisor) getContainerForPid(pid int) (Container, error) {
+func (s *Supervisor) getContainerForPid(pid int) (runtime.Container, error) {
 	for _, container := range s.containers {
 		cpid, err := container.Pid()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ func (s *Supervisor) SendEvent(evt *Event) {
 }
 
 type startTask struct {
-	container Container
+	container runtime.Container
 	err       chan error
 }
 
diff --git a/update.go b/update.go
index f61bf91..ea121ee 100644
--- a/update.go
+++ b/update.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package containerd
 
+import "github.com/docker/containerd/runtime"
+
 type UpdateEvent struct {
 	s *Supervisor
 }
@@ -11,11 +13,11 @@ func (h *UpdateEvent) Handle(e *Event) error {
 	}
 	if e.State.Status != "" {
 		switch e.State.Status {
-		case Running:
+		case runtime.Running:
 			if err := container.Resume(); err != nil {
 				return ErrUnknownContainerStatus
 			}
-		case Paused:
+		case runtime.Paused:
 			if err := container.Pause(); err != nil {
 				return ErrUnknownContainerStatus
 			}