diff --git a/internal/oci/oci.go b/internal/oci/oci.go
index 00ca592ba29..e4500e0fc5a 100644
--- a/internal/oci/oci.go
+++ b/internal/oci/oci.go
@@ -231,6 +231,13 @@ func (r *Runtime) AllowShmSizeAnnotation(handler string) (bool, error) {
 	return r.allowAnnotation(handler, annotations.ShmSizeAnnotation)
 }
 
+// AllowOCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation searches through the AllowedAnnotations for
+// the OCI seccomp BPF hook annotation, checking whether this runtime allows
+// processing of "io.containers.trace-syscall".
+func (r *Runtime) AllowOCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation(handler string) (bool, error) {
+	return r.allowAnnotation(handler, annotations.OCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation)
+}
+
 func (r *Runtime) allowAnnotation(handler, annotation string) (bool, error) {
 	rh, err := r.getRuntimeHandler(handler)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/oci/oci_test.go b/internal/oci/oci_test.go
index 3df9721bc2a..25582d2cd16 100644
--- a/internal/oci/oci_test.go
+++ b/internal/oci/oci_test.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ var _ = t.Describe("Oci", func() {
 					annotations.CPULoadBalancingAnnotation,
 					annotations.IRQLoadBalancingAnnotation,
 					annotations.CPUQuotaAnnotation,
+					annotations.OCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation,
 				},
 			},
 		}
@@ -141,6 +142,24 @@ var _ = t.Describe("Oci", func() {
 			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 			Expect(allowed).To(Equal(true))
 		})
+		It("AllowOCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation should be true when set", func() {
+			// Given
+			// When
+			allowed, err := sut.AllowOCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation(performanceRuntime)
+
+			// Then
+			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+			Expect(allowed).To(Equal(true))
+		})
+		It("AllowOCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation should be false when runtime invalid", func() {
+			// Given
+			// When
+			allowed, err := sut.AllowOCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation(invalidRuntime)
+
+			// Then
+			Expect(err).NotTo(BeNil())
+			Expect(allowed).To(Equal(false))
+		})
 	})
 
 	t.Describe("ExecSyncError", func() {
diff --git a/pkg/annotations/annotations.go b/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
index d4d96ac27d8..72f3dbc8fda 100644
--- a/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
+++ b/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
@@ -24,4 +24,7 @@ const (
 
 	// IRQLoadBalancingAnnotation indicates that IRQ load balancing should be disabled for CPUs used by the container
 	IRQLoadBalancingAnnotation = "irq-load-balancing.crio.io"
+
+	// OCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation is the annotation used by the OCI seccomp BPF hook for tracing container syscalls
+	OCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation = "io.containers.trace-syscall"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 6df4e6347db..5868c87f119 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/internal/config/nsmgr"
 	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/internal/config/seccomp"
 	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/internal/config/ulimits"
+	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/pkg/annotations"
 	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/server/useragent"
 	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/utils"
 	"github.com/cri-o/ocicni/pkg/ocicni"
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ type RuntimeHandler struct {
 	// "io.kubernetes.cri-o.Devices" for configuring devices for the pod.
 	// "io.kubernetes.cri-o.ShmSize" for configuring the size of /dev/shm.
 	// "io.kubernetes.cri-o.UnifiedCgroup.$CTR_NAME" for configuring the cgroup v2 unified block for a container.
+	// "io.containers.trace-syscall" for tracing syscalls via the OCI seccomp BPF hook.
 	AllowedAnnotations []string `toml:"allowed_annotations,omitempty"`
 }
 
@@ -594,6 +596,9 @@ func DefaultConfig() (*Config, error) {
 				defaultRuntime: {
 					RuntimeType: DefaultRuntimeType,
 					RuntimeRoot: DefaultRuntimeRoot,
+					AllowedAnnotations: []string{
+						annotations.OCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation,
+					},
 				},
 			},
 			ConmonEnv: []string{
@@ -1039,8 +1044,12 @@ func (r *RuntimeHandler) ValidateRuntimePath(name string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid runtime_path for runtime '%s': %q",
 			name, err)
 	}
-	logrus.Debugf("found valid runtime %q for runtime_path %q",
-		name, r.RuntimePath)
+	logrus.Debugf(
+		"Found valid runtime %q for runtime_path %q", name, r.RuntimePath,
+	)
+	logrus.Debugf(
+		"Allowed annotations for runtime: %v", r.AllowedAnnotations,
+	)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/config/template.go b/pkg/config/template.go
index 272d3208da1..be677f2fe4d 100644
--- a/pkg/config/template.go
+++ b/pkg/config/template.go
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ default_runtime = "{{ .DefaultRuntime }}"
 #   "io.kubernetes.cri-o.Devices" for configuring devices for the pod.
 #   "io.kubernetes.cri-o.ShmSize" for configuring the size of /dev/shm.
 #   "io.kubernetes.cri-o.UnifiedCgroup.$CTR_NAME" for configuring the cgroup v2 unified block for a container.
+#   "io.containers.trace-syscall" for tracing syscalls via the OCI seccomp BPF hook.
 
 {{ range $runtime_name, $runtime_handler := .Runtimes  }}
 [crio.runtime.runtimes.{{ $runtime_name }}]
diff --git a/pkg/container/container.go b/pkg/container/container.go
index fc6ea7a32a2..ea88794fb83 100644
--- a/pkg/container/container.go
+++ b/pkg/container/container.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/internal/config/device"
 	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/internal/lib"
 	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/internal/lib/sandbox"
+	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/internal/log"
 	oci "github.com/cri-o/cri-o/internal/oci"
 	"github.com/cri-o/cri-o/internal/storage"
 	crioann "github.com/cri-o/cri-o/pkg/annotations"
@@ -146,8 +147,35 @@ func (c *container) SpecAddAnnotations(sb *sandbox.Sandbox, containerVolumes []o
 
 	// Preserve the sandbox annotations. OCI hooks may re-use the sandbox
 	// annotation values to apply them to the container later on.
+	// The sandbox annotations are already filtered for the allowed
+	// annotations, there is no need to check it additionally here.
 	for k, v := range sb.Annotations() {
-		c.spec.AddAnnotation(k, v)
+		if strings.HasPrefix(k, crioann.OCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation) {
+			// The OCI seccomp BPF hook
+			// (https://github.com/containers/oci-seccomp-bpf-hook)
+			// uses the annotation io.containers.trace-syscall as indicator
+			// to attach a BFP module to the process. The recorded syscalls
+			// will be then stored in the output path file (annotation
+			// value prefixed with 'of:'). We now add a custom logic to be
+			// able to distinguish containers within pods in Kubernetes. If
+			// we suffix the container name within the annotation key like
+			// this: io.containers.trace-syscall/container
+			// Then we will rewrite the key to
+			// 'io.containers.trace-syscall' if the metadata name is equal
+			// to 'container'. This allows us to trace containers into
+			// distinguishable files.
+			if strings.TrimPrefix(k, crioann.OCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation+"/") == c.config.Metadata.Name {
+				log.Debugf(c.ctx,
+					"Annotation key for container %q rewritten to %q (value is: %q)",
+					c.config.Metadata.Name, crioann.OCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation, v,
+				)
+				c.config.Annotations[crioann.OCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation] = v
+				c.spec.AddAnnotation(crioann.OCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation, v)
+			} else {
+				// Annotation not suffixed with the container name
+				c.spec.AddAnnotation(k, v)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	c.spec.AddAnnotation(annotations.Image, image)
diff --git a/server/sandbox_run_linux.go b/server/sandbox_run_linux.go
index 10a040c84ca..91ccbe5fdf1 100644
--- a/server/sandbox_run_linux.go
+++ b/server/sandbox_run_linux.go
@@ -342,6 +342,15 @@ func (s *Server) runPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, req *types.RunPodSandboxRequ
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	allowOCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation, err := s.Runtime().AllowOCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation(runtimeHandler)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "check for allowed OCI seccomp BPF hook annotation")
+	}
+	// Remove the OCI seccomp BPF hook annotation if it is not allowed
+	if !allowOCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation {
+		delete(kubeAnnotations, ann.OCISeccompBPFHookAnnotation)
+	}
+
 	idMappingsOptions, err := s.configureSandboxIDMappings(usernsMode, sbox.Config().Linux.SecurityContext, runtimeHandler)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err