diff --git a/src/cgroups/v1/controller_type.rs b/src/cgroups/v1/controller_type.rs
index 722d1b545..68cb25572 100644
--- a/src/cgroups/v1/controller_type.rs
+++ b/src/cgroups/v1/controller_type.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::fmt::Display;
 
 pub enum ControllerType {
     Cpu,
+    CpuAcct,
     CpuSet,
     Devices,
     HugeTlb,
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ impl Display for ControllerType {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         let print = match *self {
             Self::Cpu => "cpu",
+            Self::CpuAcct => "cpuacct",
             Self::CpuSet => "cpuset",
             Self::Devices => "devices",
             Self::HugeTlb => "hugetlb",
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ impl Display for ControllerType {
 
 pub const CONTROLLERS: &[ControllerType] = &[
     ControllerType::Cpu,
+    ControllerType::CpuAcct,
     ControllerType::CpuSet,
     ControllerType::Devices,
     ControllerType::HugeTlb,
diff --git a/src/cgroups/v1/cpuacct.rs b/src/cgroups/v1/cpuacct.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3060aebcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cgroups/v1/cpuacct.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use std::{fs, path::Path};
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use nix::unistd::Pid;
+use oci_spec::LinuxResources;
+
+use crate::cgroups::common::{self, CGROUP_PROCS};
+
+use super::Controller;
+
+pub struct CpuAcct {}
+
+impl Controller for CpuAcct {
+    fn apply(_linux_resources: &LinuxResources, cgroup_path: &Path, pid: Pid) -> Result<()> {
+        log::debug!("Apply cpuacct cgroup config");
+        fs::create_dir_all(cgroup_path)?;
+
+        common::write_cgroup_file(cgroup_path.join(CGROUP_PROCS), pid)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/cgroups/v1/manager.rs b/src/cgroups/v1/manager.rs
index 886b065d0..fd5d7a2ea 100644
--- a/src/cgroups/v1/manager.rs
+++ b/src/cgroups/v1/manager.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ use nix::unistd::Pid;
 use procfs::process::Process;
 
 use super::{
-    blkio::Blkio, controller_type::CONTROLLERS, cpu::Cpu, cpuset::CpuSet, devices::Devices,
-    hugetlb::Hugetlb, memory::Memory, network_classifier::NetworkClassifier,
+    blkio::Blkio, controller_type::CONTROLLERS, cpu::Cpu, cpuacct::CpuAcct, cpuset::CpuSet,
+    devices::Devices, hugetlb::Hugetlb, memory::Memory, network_classifier::NetworkClassifier,
     network_priority::NetworkPriority, pids::Pids, util, Controller,
 };
 
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ impl CgroupManager for Manager {
         for subsys in &self.subsystems {
             match subsys.0.as_str() {
                 "cpu" => Cpu::apply(linux_resources, &subsys.1, pid)?,
+                "cpuacct" => CpuAcct::apply(linux_resources, &subsys.1, pid)?,
                 "cpuset" => CpuSet::apply(linux_resources, &subsys.1, pid)?,
                 "devices" => Devices::apply(linux_resources, &subsys.1, pid)?,
                 "hugetlb" => Hugetlb::apply(linux_resources, &subsys.1, pid)?,
diff --git a/src/cgroups/v1/mod.rs b/src/cgroups/v1/mod.rs
index 7d9b75b0f..9816dc9f5 100644
--- a/src/cgroups/v1/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cgroups/v1/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ mod blkio;
 mod controller;
 mod controller_type;
 mod cpu;
+mod cpuacct;
 mod cpuset;
 mod devices;
 mod hugetlb;
diff --git a/src/cgroups/v1/util.rs b/src/cgroups/v1/util.rs
index 76236c69f..7a31e28bf 100644
--- a/src/cgroups/v1/util.rs
+++ b/src/cgroups/v1/util.rs
@@ -40,9 +40,13 @@ pub fn get_subsystem_mount_points(subsystem: &str) -> Result<PathBuf> {
                     return m.mount_point.ends_with("cpu,cpuacct")
                         || m.mount_point.ends_with("cpu");
                 }
+                if subsystem == "cpuacct" {
+                    return m.mount_point.ends_with("cpu,cpuacct")
+                        || m.mount_point.ends_with("cpuacct");
+                }
             }
             m.mount_point.ends_with(&subsystem)
         })
         .map(|m| m.mount_point)
         .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("could not find mountpoint for {}", subsystem))
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}