diff --git a/cgroups-v2.patch b/cgroups-v2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..561b81a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cgroups-v2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+From 5fb0f19ec8c52ed0c9bbb3551deb0016992ecc52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivan@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 15:58:39 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] cgroups: raise an error on cgroups v2
+
+Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivan@redhat.com>
+---
+ create.go      |  8 ++++++++
+ run.go         |  8 ++++++++
+ utils_linux.go | 14 ++++++++++++++
+ 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/create.go b/create.go
+index 5f3ac609..91d17d07 100644
+--- a/create.go
++++ b/create.go
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ package main
+ 
+ import (
++	"fmt"
+ 	"os"
+ 
+ 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+@@ -52,6 +53,13 @@ command(s) that get executed on start, edit the args parameter of the spec. See
+ 		},
+ 	},
+ 	Action: func(context *cli.Context) error {
++		unified, err := IsCgroup2UnifiedMode()
++		if  err != nil {
++			return err
++		}
++		if unified {
++			return fmt.Errorf("this version of runc doesn't work on cgroups v2")
++		}
+ 		if err := checkArgs(context, 1, exactArgs); err != nil {
+ 			return err
+ 		}
+diff --git a/run.go b/run.go
+index f8d63178..3f29737b 100644
+--- a/run.go
++++ b/run.go
+@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
+ package main
+ 
+ import (
++	"fmt"
+ 	"os"
+ 
+ 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+@@ -63,6 +64,13 @@ command(s) that get executed on start, edit the args parameter of the spec. See
+ 		},
+ 	},
+ 	Action: func(context *cli.Context) error {
++		unified, err := IsCgroup2UnifiedMode()
++		if  err != nil {
++			return err
++		}
++		if unified {
++			return fmt.Errorf("this version of runc doesn't work on cgroups v2")
++		}
+ 		if err := checkArgs(context, 1, exactArgs); err != nil {
+ 			return err
+ 		}
+diff --git a/utils_linux.go b/utils_linux.go
+index 984e6b0f..a5a03de9 100644
+--- a/utils_linux.go
++++ b/utils_linux.go
+@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
+ 	"os/exec"
+ 	"path/filepath"
+ 	"strconv"
++	"syscall"
+ 
+ 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer"
+ 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd"
+@@ -26,6 +27,10 @@ import (
+ 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+ )
+ 
++const (
++	_cgroup2SuperMagic = 0x63677270
++)
++
+ var errEmptyID = errors.New("container id cannot be empty")
+ 
+ // loadFactory returns the configured factory instance for execing containers.
+@@ -451,3 +456,12 @@ func startContainer(context *cli.Context, spec *specs.Spec, action CtAct, criuOp
+ 	}
+ 	return r.run(spec.Process)
+ }
++
++// IsCgroup2UnifiedMode returns whether we are running in cgroup 2 cgroup2 mode.
++func IsCgroup2UnifiedMode() (bool, error) {
++	var st syscall.Statfs_t
++	if err := syscall.Statfs("/sys/fs/cgroup", &st); err != nil {
++		return false, err
++	}
++	return st.Type == _cgroup2SuperMagic, nil
++}
+-- 
+2.21.0
+
diff --git a/runc.spec b/runc.spec
index 4d59022..5a8a772 100644
--- a/runc.spec
+++ b/runc.spec
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ License: ASL 2.0
 URL: %{git0}
 Source0: %{git0}/archive/%{commit0}/%{name}-%{shortcommit0}.tar.gz
 Patch0: 1807.patch
+Patch1: cgroups-v2.patch
 
 # e.g. el6 has ppc64 arch without gcc-go, so EA tag is required
 #ExclusiveArch: %%{?go_arches:%%{go_arches}}%%{!?go_arches:%%{ix86} x86_64 %%{arm}}