diff --git a/contrib/test/crio-integration-playbook.yaml b/contrib/test/crio-integration-playbook.yaml
index 6b2cd36e..6bbe8c61 100644
--- a/contrib/test/crio-integration-playbook.yaml
+++ b/contrib/test/crio-integration-playbook.yaml
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
     args:
       chdir: /root/src/github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/
   - name: run integration tests RHEL
-    shell: 'STORAGE_OPTS="--storage-driver=overlay2 --storage-opt overlay2.override_kernel_check=1" make localintegration > testout.txt'
+    shell: 'CGROUP_MANAGER=systemd STORAGE_OPTS="--storage-driver=overlay2 --storage-opt overlay2.override_kernel_check=1" make localintegration > testout.txt'
     args:
       chdir: /root/src/github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o
     async: 3600
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
     ignore_errors: yes
     when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS'
   - name: run integration tests RHEL with xunit results
-    shell: 'STORAGE_OPTS="--storage-driver=overlay2 --storage-opt overlay2.override_kernel_check=1" make localintegration'
+    shell: 'CGROUP_MANAGER=systemd STORAGE_OPTS="--storage-driver=overlay2 --storage-opt overlay2.override_kernel_check=1" make localintegration'
     args:
       chdir: /root/src/github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o
     async: 3600
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
     ignore_errors: yes
     when: (ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS') and xunit
   - name: run integration tests Fedora
-    shell: 'STORAGE_OPTS="--storage-driver=overlay2" make localintegration > testout.txt'
+    shell: 'CGROUP_MANAGER=systemd STORAGE_OPTS="--storage-driver=overlay2" make localintegration > testout.txt'
     args:
       chdir: /root/src/github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o
     async: 3600
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
     ignore_errors: yes
     when: ansible_distribution == 'Fedora'
   - name: run integration tests Fedora with xunit results
-    shell: 'STORAGE_OPTS="--storage-driver=overlay2" make localintegration'
+    shell: 'CGROUP_MANAGER=systemd STORAGE_OPTS="--storage-driver=overlay2" make localintegration'
     args:
       chdir: /root/src/github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o
     async: 3600
diff --git a/test/helpers.bash b/test/helpers.bash
index f6aff752..873c2f67 100644
--- a/test/helpers.bash
+++ b/test/helpers.bash
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ ARTIFACTS_PATH=${ARTIFACTS_PATH:-${CRIO_ROOT}/cri-o/.artifacts}
 CHECKSECCOMP_BINARY=${CHECKSECCOMP_BINARY:-${CRIO_ROOT}/cri-o/test/checkseccomp/checkseccomp}
 # XXX: This is hardcoded inside cri-o at the moment.
 DEFAULT_LOG_PATH=/var/log/crio/pods
+# Cgroup manager to be used
+CGROUP_MANAGER=${CGROUP_MANAGER:-cgroupfs}
 
 TESTDIR=$(mktemp -d)
 if [ -e /usr/sbin/selinuxenabled ] && /usr/sbin/selinuxenabled; then
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ function start_crio() {
 		"$BIN2IMG_BINARY" --root "$TESTDIR/crio" $STORAGE_OPTS --runroot "$TESTDIR/crio-run" --source-binary "$PAUSE_BINARY"
 	fi
 	"$COPYIMG_BINARY" --root "$TESTDIR/crio" $STORAGE_OPTS --runroot "$TESTDIR/crio-run" --image-name=redis:alpine --import-from=dir:"$ARTIFACTS_PATH"/redis-image --add-name=docker://docker.io/library/redis:alpine --signature-policy="$INTEGRATION_ROOT"/policy.json
-	"$CRIO_BINARY" --conmon "$CONMON_BINARY" --listen "$CRIO_SOCKET" --runtime "$RUNTIME_BINARY" --root "$TESTDIR/crio" --runroot "$TESTDIR/crio-run" $STORAGE_OPTS --seccomp-profile "$seccomp" --apparmor-profile "$apparmor" --cni-config-dir "$CRIO_CNI_CONFIG" --signature-policy "$INTEGRATION_ROOT"/policy.json --config /dev/null config >$CRIO_CONFIG
+	"$CRIO_BINARY" --conmon "$CONMON_BINARY" --listen "$CRIO_SOCKET" --cgroup-manager "$CGROUP_MANAGER" --runtime "$RUNTIME_BINARY" --root "$TESTDIR/crio" --runroot "$TESTDIR/crio-run" $STORAGE_OPTS --seccomp-profile "$seccomp" --apparmor-profile "$apparmor" --cni-config-dir "$CRIO_CNI_CONFIG" --signature-policy "$INTEGRATION_ROOT"/policy.json --config /dev/null config >$CRIO_CONFIG
 
 	# Prepare the CNI configuration files, we're running with non host networking by default
 	if [[ -n "$4" ]]; then
diff --git a/test/pod.bats b/test/pod.bats
index 762dee5c..4a4ce3f4 100644
--- a/test/pod.bats
+++ b/test/pod.bats
@@ -287,3 +287,42 @@ function teardown() {
 	cleanup_pods
 	stop_crio
 }
+
+@test "invalid systemd cgroup_parent fail" {
+	if [[ "$CGROUP_MANAGER" != "systemd" ]]; then
+		skip "need systemd cgroup manager"
+	fi
+
+	wrong_cgroup_parent_config=$(cat "$TESTDATA"/sandbox_config.json | python -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);obj["linux"]["cgroup_parent"] = "podsandbox1.slice:container:infra"; json.dump(obj, sys.stdout)')
+	echo "$wrong_cgroup_parent_config" > "$TESTDIR"/sandbox_wrong_cgroup_parent.json
+
+	start_crio
+	run crioctl pod run --config "$TESTDIR"/sandbox_wrong_cgroup_parent.json
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+
+	stop_crio
+}
+
+@test "systemd cgroup_parent correctly set" {
+	if [[ "$CGROUP_MANAGER" != "systemd" ]]; then
+		skip "need systemd cgroup manager"
+	fi
+
+	cgroup_parent_config=$(cat "$TESTDATA"/sandbox_config.json | python -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);obj["linux"]["cgroup_parent"] = "/Burstable/pod_integration_tests-123"; json.dump(obj, sys.stdout)')
+	echo "$cgroup_parent_config" > "$TESTDIR"/sandbox_systemd_cgroup_parent.json
+
+	start_crio
+	run crioctl pod run --config "$TESTDIR"/sandbox_systemd_cgroup_parent.json
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	pod_id="$output"
+
+	run systemctl list-units --type=slice
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" =~ "Burstable-pod_integration_tests_123.slice" ]]
+
+	cleanup_pods
+	stop_crio
+}
diff --git a/test/seccomp.bats b/test/seccomp.bats
index 47459d0a..c8f9659d 100644
--- a/test/seccomp.bats
+++ b/test/seccomp.bats
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function teardown() {
 @test "ctr seccomp profiles unconfined" {
 	# this test requires seccomp, so skip this test if seccomp is not enabled.
 	enabled=$(is_seccomp_enabled)
-    if [[ "$enabled" -eq 0 ]]; then
+	if [[ "$enabled" -eq 0 ]]; then
 		skip "skip this test since seccomp is not enabled."
 	fi
 
diff --git a/test/testdata/sandbox_config.json b/test/testdata/sandbox_config.json
index 5833013b..446a338c 100644
--- a/test/testdata/sandbox_config.json
+++ b/test/testdata/sandbox_config.json
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 		"security.alpha.kubernetes.io/seccomp/pod": "unconfined"
 	},
 	"linux": {
-		"cgroup_parent": "/crio-podsandbox1",
+		"cgroup_parent": "/Burstable/pod_123-456",
 		"security_context": {
 			"namespace_options": {
 				"host_network": false,
diff --git a/test/testdata/sandbox_config_hostnet.json b/test/testdata/sandbox_config_hostnet.json
index 7315960d..da76483e 100644
--- a/test/testdata/sandbox_config_hostnet.json
+++ b/test/testdata/sandbox_config_hostnet.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 		"security.alpha.kubernetes.io/seccomp/pod": "unconfined"
 	},
 	"linux": {
-		"cgroup_parent": "/crio-podsandbox1",
+		"cgroup_parent": "/Burstable/pod_123-456",
 		"security_context": {
 			"namespace_options": {
 				"host_network": true,
diff --git a/test/testdata/sandbox_config_seccomp.json b/test/testdata/sandbox_config_seccomp.json
index 97c8b5ed..6b0254d7 100644
--- a/test/testdata/sandbox_config_seccomp.json
+++ b/test/testdata/sandbox_config_seccomp.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 		%VALUE%
 	},
 	"linux": {
-		"cgroup_parent": "podsandbox1.slice:container:infra",
+		"cgroup_parent": "/Burstable/pod_123-456",
 		"security_context": {
 			"namespace_options": {
 				"host_network": false,