diff --git a/pkg/annotations/annotations.go b/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
index 51920ebca0f..97a0bde9605 100644
--- a/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
+++ b/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ const (
 	// UsernsMode is the user namespace mode to use
 	UsernsModeAnnotation = "io.kubernetes.cri-o.userns-mode"
 
+	// CgroupRW specifies mounting v2 cgroups as an rw filesystem.
+	Cgroup2RWAnnotation = "io.kubernetes.cri-o.cgroup2-mount-hierarchy-rw"
+
 	// UnifiedCgroupAnnotation specifies the unified configuration for cgroup v2
 	UnifiedCgroupAnnotation = "io.kubernetes.cri-o.UnifiedCgroup"
 
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ const (
 
 var AllAllowedAnnotations = []string{
 	UsernsModeAnnotation,
+	Cgroup2RWAnnotation,
 	UnifiedCgroupAnnotation,
 	ShmSizeAnnotation,
 	DevicesAnnotation,
diff --git a/pkg/config/template.go b/pkg/config/template.go
index fc8e85bed34..7b225de3010 100644
--- a/pkg/config/template.go
+++ b/pkg/config/template.go
@@ -1005,6 +1005,7 @@ const templateStringCrioRuntimeRuntimesRuntimeHandler = `# The "crio.runtime.run
 #   a list of experimental annotations that this runtime handler is allowed to process.
 #   The currently recognized values are:
 #   "io.kubernetes.cri-o.userns-mode" for configuring a user namespace for the pod.
+#   "io.kubernetes.cri-o.cgroup2-mount-hierarchy-rw" for mounting cgroups writably when set to "true".
 #   "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.
diff --git a/server/container_create_linux.go b/server/container_create_linux.go
index 4df71492861..0a8567d385a 100644
--- a/server/container_create_linux.go
+++ b/server/container_create_linux.go
@@ -291,7 +291,9 @@ func (s *Server) createSandboxContainer(ctx context.Context, ctr ctrIface.Contai
 		skipRelabel = true
 	}
 
-	containerVolumes, ociMounts, err := addOCIBindMounts(ctx, ctr, mountLabel, s.config.RuntimeConfig.BindMountPrefix, s.config.AbsentMountSourcesToReject, maybeRelabel, skipRelabel)
+	cgroup2RW := node.CgroupIsV2() && sb.Annotations()[crioann.Cgroup2RWAnnotation] == "true"
+
+	containerVolumes, ociMounts, err := addOCIBindMounts(ctx, ctr, mountLabel, s.config.RuntimeConfig.BindMountPrefix, s.config.AbsentMountSourcesToReject, maybeRelabel, skipRelabel, cgroup2RW)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -843,7 +845,7 @@ func clearReadOnly(m *rspec.Mount) {
 	m.Options = append(m.Options, "rw")
 }
 
-func addOCIBindMounts(ctx context.Context, ctr ctrIface.Container, mountLabel, bindMountPrefix string, absentMountSourcesToReject []string, maybeRelabel, skipRelabel bool) ([]oci.ContainerVolume, []rspec.Mount, error) {
+func addOCIBindMounts(ctx context.Context, ctr ctrIface.Container, mountLabel, bindMountPrefix string, absentMountSourcesToReject []string, maybeRelabel, skipRelabel, cgroup2RW bool) ([]oci.ContainerVolume, []rspec.Mount, error) {
 	volumes := []oci.ContainerVolume{}
 	ociMounts := []rspec.Mount{}
 	containerConfig := ctr.Config()
@@ -978,7 +980,13 @@ func addOCIBindMounts(ctx context.Context, ctr ctrIface.Container, mountLabel, b
 			Destination: "/sys/fs/cgroup",
 			Type:        "cgroup",
 			Source:      "cgroup",
-			Options:     []string{"nosuid", "noexec", "nodev", "relatime", "ro"},
+			Options:     []string{"nosuid", "noexec", "nodev", "relatime"},
+		}
+
+		if cgroup2RW {
+			m.Options = append(m.Options, "rw")
+		} else {
+			m.Options = append(m.Options, "ro")
 		}
 		specgen.AddMount(m)
 	}
diff --git a/server/container_create_linux_test.go b/server/container_create_linux_test.go
index 4653fcb1081..814688e2728 100644
--- a/server/container_create_linux_test.go
+++ b/server/container_create_linux_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestAddOCIBindsForDev(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	_, binds, err := addOCIBindMounts(context.Background(), ctr, "", "", nil, false, false)
+	_, binds, err := addOCIBindMounts(context.Background(), ctr, "", "", nil, false, false, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func TestAddOCIBindsForSys(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	_, binds, err := addOCIBindMounts(context.Background(), ctr, "", "", nil, false, false)
+	_, binds, err := addOCIBindMounts(context.Background(), ctr, "", "", nil, false, false, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
@@ -92,3 +92,72 @@ func TestAddOCIBindsForSys(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("there is not a single /sys bind mount")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAddOCIBindsCGroupRW(t *testing.T) {
+	ctr, err := container.New()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := ctr.SetConfig(&types.ContainerConfig{
+		Metadata: &types.ContainerMetadata{
+			Name: "testctr",
+		},
+	}, &types.PodSandboxConfig{
+		Metadata: &types.PodSandboxMetadata{
+			Name: "testpod",
+		},
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	_, _, err = addOCIBindMounts(context.Background(), ctr, "", "", nil, false, false, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	var hasCgroupRW bool
+	for _, m := range ctr.Spec().Mounts() {
+		if m.Destination == "/sys/fs/cgroup" {
+			for _, o := range m.Options {
+				if o == "rw" {
+					hasCgroupRW = true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if !hasCgroupRW {
+		t.Error("Cgroup mount not added with RW.")
+	}
+
+	ctr, err = container.New()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	if err := ctr.SetConfig(&types.ContainerConfig{
+		Metadata: &types.ContainerMetadata{
+			Name: "testctr",
+		},
+	}, &types.PodSandboxConfig{
+		Metadata: &types.PodSandboxMetadata{
+			Name: "testpod",
+		},
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	var hasCgroupRO bool
+	_, _, err = addOCIBindMounts(context.Background(), ctr, "", "", nil, false, false, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	for _, m := range ctr.Spec().Mounts() {
+		if m.Destination == "/sys/fs/cgroup" {
+			for _, o := range m.Options {
+				if o == "ro" {
+					hasCgroupRO = true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if !hasCgroupRO {
+		t.Error("Cgroup mount not added with RO.")
+	}
+}