diff --git a/test/container/containerd_test.sh b/test/container/containerd_test.sh
index 8b2d53ba..98cfe165 100755
--- a/test/container/containerd_test.sh
+++ b/test/container/containerd_test.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ testing::containerd::toolkit::test_config() {
 		"${toolkit_container_image}" -c "containerd setup \
 			--config=${output_config} \
 			--socket=${containerd_dind_containerd_dir}/containerd.sock \
-			--restart-mode=NONE \
+			--restart-mode=none \
 				/usr/local/nvidia/toolkit"
 
 	# As a basic test we check that the config has changed
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ testing::containerd::toolkit::test_config() {
 		"${toolkit_container_image}" -c "containerd cleanup \
 					--config=${output_config} \
 			--socket=${containerd_dind_containerd_dir}/containerd.sock \
-			--restart-mode=NONE \
+			--restart-mode=none \
 				/usr/local/nvidia/toolkit"
 
 	if [[ -s "${input_config}" ]]; then
diff --git a/third_party/libnvidia-container b/third_party/libnvidia-container
index 3f55f9be..88f28f41 160000
--- a/third_party/libnvidia-container
+++ b/third_party/libnvidia-container
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3f55f9be893787df6dbacbe1f87842d520315ab2
+Subproject commit 88f28f41fd20018d4244df5132d3d6565d6bbb7f
diff --git a/tools/container/containerd/containerd.go b/tools/container/containerd/containerd.go
index 9bd684d5..23566f67 100644
--- a/tools/container/containerd/containerd.go
+++ b/tools/container/containerd/containerd.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	restartModeSignal  = "signal"
 	restartModeSystemd = "systemd"
-	restartModeNone    = "NONE"
+	restartModeNone    = "none"
 
 	nvidiaRuntimeName               = "nvidia"
 	nvidiaRuntimeBinary             = "nvidia-container-runtime"
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func main() {
 		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:        "restart-mode",
-			Usage:       "Specify how containerd should be restarted; [signal | systemd]",
+			Usage:       "Specify how containerd should be restarted;  If 'none' is selected, it will not be restarted [signal | systemd | none]",
 			Value:       defaultRestartMode,
 			Destination: &options.restartMode,
 			EnvVars:     []string{"CONTAINERD_RESTART_MODE"},
diff --git a/tools/container/docker/docker.go b/tools/container/docker/docker.go
index c85f7475..21866a1b 100644
--- a/tools/container/docker/docker.go
+++ b/tools/container/docker/docker.go
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
+	restartModeSignal = "signal"
+	restartModeNone   = "none"
+
 	nvidiaRuntimeName               = "nvidia"
 	nvidiaRuntimeBinary             = "nvidia-container-runtime"
 	nvidiaExperimentalRuntimeName   = "nvidia-experimental"
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ const (
 	defaultSetAsDefault = true
 	// defaultRuntimeName specifies the NVIDIA runtime to be use as the default runtime if setting the default runtime is enabled
 	defaultRuntimeName = nvidiaRuntimeName
+	defaultRestartMode = restartModeSignal
 
 	reloadBackoff     = 5 * time.Second
 	maxReloadAttempts = 6
@@ -63,6 +67,7 @@ type options struct {
 	runtimeName  string
 	setAsDefault bool
 	runtimeDir   string
+	restartMode  string
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -137,6 +142,13 @@ func main() {
 			EnvVars:     []string{"DOCKER_SET_AS_DEFAULT"},
 			Hidden:      true,
 		},
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "restart-mode",
+			Usage:       "Specify how docker should be restarted; If 'none' is selected it will not be restarted [signal | none]",
+			Value:       defaultRestartMode,
+			Destination: &options.restartMode,
+			EnvVars:     []string{"DOCKER_RESTART_MODE"},
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Update the subcommand flags with the common subcommand flags
@@ -175,9 +187,9 @@ func Setup(c *cli.Context, o *options) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to flush config: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	err = SignalDocker(o.socket)
+	err = RestartDocker(o)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to signal docker: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to restart docker: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	log.Infof("Completed 'setup' for %v", c.App.Name)
@@ -209,7 +221,7 @@ func Cleanup(c *cli.Context, o *options) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to flush config: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	err = SignalDocker(o.socket)
+	err = RestartDocker(o)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to signal docker: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -340,6 +352,23 @@ func FlushConfig(cfg map[string]interface{}, config string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// RestartDocker restarts docker depending on the value of restartModeFlag
+func RestartDocker(o *options) error {
+	switch o.restartMode {
+	case restartModeNone:
+		log.Warnf("Skipping sending signal to docker due to --restart-mode=%v", o.restartMode)
+	case restartModeSignal:
+		err := SignalDocker(o.socket)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to signal docker: %v", err)
+		}
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid restart mode specified: %v", o.restartMode)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // SignalDocker sends a SIGHUP signal to docker daemon
 func SignalDocker(socket string) error {
 	log.Infof("Sending SIGHUP signal to docker")