diff --git a/server/sandbox.go b/server/sandbox.go
index 0f57f557..ffcef13f 100644
--- a/server/sandbox.go
+++ b/server/sandbox.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/containernetworking/cni/pkg/ns"
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ type sandbox struct {
 	privileged     bool
 	resolvPath     string
 	hostname       string
+	created        time.Time
 }
 
 const (
diff --git a/server/sandbox_run.go b/server/sandbox_run.go
index 9fa6bc7e..fb0abe42 100644
--- a/server/sandbox_run.go
+++ b/server/sandbox_run.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/containers/storage"
@@ -269,6 +270,9 @@ func (s *Server) RunPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, req *pb.RunPodSandboxRequest
 	g.AddAnnotation("crio/hostname", hostname)
 	g.AddAnnotation("crio/kube_name", kubeName)
 
+	created := time.Now()
+	g.AddAnnotation("ocid/created", created.Format(time.RFC3339Nano))
+
 	sb := &sandbox{
 		id:           id,
 		namespace:    namespace,
@@ -285,6 +289,7 @@ func (s *Server) RunPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, req *pb.RunPodSandboxRequest
 		privileged:   privileged,
 		resolvPath:   resolvPath,
 		hostname:     hostname,
+		created:      created,
 	}
 
 	defer func() {