diff --git a/cmd/cluster/clusterCreate.go b/cmd/cluster/clusterCreate.go
index afc82ca5..b5f93250 100644
--- a/cmd/cluster/clusterCreate.go
+++ b/cmd/cluster/clusterCreate.go
@@ -327,6 +327,9 @@ func NewCmdClusterCreate() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().String("agents-memory", "", "Memory limit imposed on the agents nodes [From docker]")
 	_ = cfgViper.BindPFlag("options.runtime.agentsmemory", cmd.Flags().Lookup("agents-memory"))
 
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("host-pid-mode", false, "Enable host pid mode of server(s) and agent(s)")
+	_ = cfgViper.BindPFlag("options.runtime.hostpidmode", cmd.Flags().Lookup("host-pid-mode"))
+
 	/* Image Importing */
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("no-image-volume", false, "Disable the creation of a volume for importing images")
 	_ = cfgViper.BindPFlag("options.k3d.disableimagevolume", cmd.Flags().Lookup("no-image-volume"))
diff --git a/pkg/config/transform.go b/pkg/config/transform.go
index 07a53839..c69c82ae 100644
--- a/pkg/config/transform.go
+++ b/pkg/config/transform.go
@@ -136,11 +136,12 @@ func TransformSimpleToClusterConfig(ctx context.Context, runtime runtimes.Runtim
 
 	for i := 0; i < simpleConfig.Servers; i++ {
 		serverNode := k3d.Node{
-			Name:       client.GenerateNodeName(newCluster.Name, k3d.ServerRole, i),
-			Role:       k3d.ServerRole,
-			Image:      simpleConfig.Image,
-			ServerOpts: k3d.ServerOpts{},
-			Memory:     simpleConfig.Options.Runtime.ServersMemory,
+			Name:        client.GenerateNodeName(newCluster.Name, k3d.ServerRole, i),
+			Role:        k3d.ServerRole,
+			Image:       simpleConfig.Image,
+			ServerOpts:  k3d.ServerOpts{},
+			Memory:      simpleConfig.Options.Runtime.ServersMemory,
+			HostPidMode: simpleConfig.Options.Runtime.HostPidMode,
 		}
 
 		// first server node will be init node if we have more than one server specified but no external datastore
@@ -158,10 +159,11 @@ func TransformSimpleToClusterConfig(ctx context.Context, runtime runtimes.Runtim
 
 	for i := 0; i < simpleConfig.Agents; i++ {
 		agentNode := k3d.Node{
-			Name:   client.GenerateNodeName(newCluster.Name, k3d.AgentRole, i),
-			Role:   k3d.AgentRole,
-			Image:  simpleConfig.Image,
-			Memory: simpleConfig.Options.Runtime.AgentsMemory,
+			Name:        client.GenerateNodeName(newCluster.Name, k3d.AgentRole, i),
+			Role:        k3d.AgentRole,
+			Image:       simpleConfig.Image,
+			Memory:      simpleConfig.Options.Runtime.AgentsMemory,
+			HostPidMode: simpleConfig.Options.Runtime.HostPidMode,
 		}
 		newCluster.Nodes = append(newCluster.Nodes, &agentNode)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/config/v1alpha3/types.go b/pkg/config/v1alpha3/types.go
index a3e96cc2..18e2f942 100644
--- a/pkg/config/v1alpha3/types.go
+++ b/pkg/config/v1alpha3/types.go
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ type SimpleConfigOptionsRuntime struct {
 	GPURequest    string                 `mapstructure:"gpuRequest" yaml:"gpuRequest,omitempty" json:"gpuRequest,omitempty"`
 	ServersMemory string                 `mapstructure:"serversMemory" yaml:"serversMemory,omitempty" json:"serversMemory,omitempty"`
 	AgentsMemory  string                 `mapstructure:"agentsMemory" yaml:"agentsMemory,omitempty" json:"agentsMemory,omitempty"`
+	HostPidMode   bool                   `mapstructure:"hostPidMode" yaml:"hostPidMode,omitempty" json:"hostPidMode,omitempty"`
 	Labels        []LabelWithNodeFilters `mapstructure:"labels" yaml:"labels,omitempty" json:"labels,omitempty"`
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/runtimes/docker/translate.go b/pkg/runtimes/docker/translate.go
index 356d1a4f..b353c057 100644
--- a/pkg/runtimes/docker/translate.go
+++ b/pkg/runtimes/docker/translate.go
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ func TranslateNodeToContainer(node *k3d.Node) (*NodeInDocker, error) {
 	// TODO: can we replace this by a reduced set of capabilities?
 	hostConfig.Privileged = true
 
+	if node.HostPidMode {
+		hostConfig.PidMode = "host"
+	}
+
 	/* Volumes */
 	hostConfig.Binds = node.Volumes
 	// containerConfig.Volumes = map[string]struct{}{} // TODO: do we need this? We only used binds before
diff --git a/pkg/types/types.go b/pkg/types/types.go
index 191bf219..debf5e33 100644
--- a/pkg/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/types/types.go
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ type Node struct {
 	Ports         nat.PortMap       `yaml:"portMappings" json:"portMappings,omitempty"`
 	Restart       bool              `yaml:"restart" json:"restart,omitempty"`
 	Created       string            `yaml:"created" json:"created,omitempty"`
+	HostPidMode   bool              `yaml:"hostPidMode" json:"hostPidMode,omitempty"`
 	RuntimeLabels map[string]string `yaml:"runtimeLabels" json:"runtimeLabels,omitempty"`
 	K3sNodeLabels map[string]string `yaml:"k3sNodeLabels" json:"k3sNodeLabels,omitempty"`
 	Networks      []string          // filled automatically