diff --git a/api/server/router/system/system_routes.go b/api/server/router/system/system_routes.go
index c2453334aa..e58ef781b9 100644
--- a/api/server/router/system/system_routes.go
+++ b/api/server/router/system/system_routes.go
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ func (s *systemRouter) getInfo(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *ht
 				info.Runtimes[k] = system.RuntimeWithStatus{Runtime: rt.Runtime}
 			}
 		}
+		if versions.LessThan(version, "1.46") {
+			// Containerd field introduced in API v1.46.
+			info.Containerd = nil
+		}
 		if versions.GreaterThanOrEqualTo(version, "1.42") {
 			info.KernelMemory = false
 		}
diff --git a/api/swagger.yaml b/api/swagger.yaml
index fcafbd4feb..d879fb0bdd 100644
--- a/api/swagger.yaml
+++ b/api/swagger.yaml
@@ -5824,6 +5824,58 @@ definitions:
         example:
           - "/etc/cdi"
           - "/var/run/cdi"
+      Containerd:
+        $ref: "#/definitions/ContainerdInfo"
+        x-nullable: true
+
+  ContainerdInfo:
+    description: |
+      Information for connecting to the containerd instance that is used by the daemon.
+      This is included for debugging purposes only.
+    type: "object"
+    properties:
+      Address:
+        description: "The address of the containerd socket."
+        type: "string"
+        example: "/run/containerd/containerd.sock"
+      Namespaces:
+        description: |
+          The namespaces that the daemon uses for running containers and
+          plugins in containerd. These namespaces can be configured in the
+          daemon configuration, and are considered to be used exclusively
+          by the daemon, Tampering with the containerd instance may cause
+          unexpected behavior.
+
+          As these namespaces are considered to be exclusively accessed
+          by the daemon, it is not recommended to change these values,
+          or to change them to a value that is used by other systems,
+          such as cri-containerd.
+        type: "object"
+        properties:
+          Containers:
+            description: |
+              The default containerd namespace used for containers managed
+              by the daemon.
+
+              The default namespace for containers is "moby", but will be
+              suffixed with the `<uid>.<gid>` of the remapped `root` if
+              user-namespaces are enabled and the containerd image-store
+              is used.
+            type: "string"
+            default: "moby"
+            example: "moby"
+          Plugins:
+            description: |
+              The default containerd namespace used for plugins managed by
+              the daemon.
+
+              The default namespace for plugins is "plugins.moby", but will be
+              suffixed with the `<uid>.<gid>` of the remapped `root` if
+              user-namespaces are enabled and the containerd image-store
+              is used.
+            type: "string"
+            default: "plugins.moby"
+            example: "plugins.moby"
 
   # PluginsInfo is a temp struct holding Plugins name
   # registered with docker daemon. It is used by Info struct
diff --git a/api/types/system/info.go b/api/types/system/info.go
index 89d4a0098e..6791cf3284 100644
--- a/api/types/system/info.go
+++ b/api/types/system/info.go
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ type Info struct {
 	DefaultAddressPools []NetworkAddressPool `json:",omitempty"`
 	CDISpecDirs         []string
 
+	Containerd *ContainerdInfo `json:",omitempty"`
+
 	// Legacy API fields for older API versions.
 	legacyFields
 
@@ -85,6 +87,43 @@ type Info struct {
 	Warnings []string
 }
 
+// ContainerdInfo holds information about the containerd instance used by the daemon.
+type ContainerdInfo struct {
+	// Address is the path to the containerd socket.
+	Address string `json:",omitempty"`
+	// Namespaces is the containerd namespaces used by the daemon.
+	Namespaces ContainerdNamespaces
+}
+
+// ContainerdNamespaces reflects the containerd namespaces used by the daemon.
+//
+// These namespaces can be configured in the daemon configuration, and are
+// considered to be used exclusively by the daemon,
+//
+// As these namespaces are considered to be exclusively accessed
+// by the daemon, it is not recommended to change these values,
+// or to change them to a value that is used by other systems,
+// such as cri-containerd.
+type ContainerdNamespaces struct {
+	// Containers holds the default containerd namespace used for
+	// containers managed by the daemon.
+	//
+	// The default namespace for containers is "moby", but will be
+	// suffixed with the `<uid>.<gid>` of the remapped `root` if
+	// user-namespaces are enabled and the containerd image-store
+	// is used.
+	Containers string
+
+	// Plugins holds the default containerd namespace used for
+	// plugins managed by the daemon.
+	//
+	// The default namespace for plugins is "moby", but will be
+	// suffixed with the `<uid>.<gid>` of the remapped `root` if
+	// user-namespaces are enabled and the containerd image-store
+	// is used.
+	Plugins string
+}
+
 type legacyFields struct {
 	ExecutionDriver string `json:",omitempty"` // Deprecated: deprecated since API v1.25, but returned for older versions.
 }
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image.go b/daemon/containerd/image.go
index 70a72f674b..81ae4711c8 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image.go
@@ -273,6 +273,11 @@ func (i *ImageService) resolveDescriptor(ctx context.Context, refOrID string) (o
 	return img.Target, nil
 }
 
+// ResolveImage looks up an image by reference or identifier in the image store.
+func (i *ImageService) ResolveImage(ctx context.Context, refOrID string) (containerdimages.Image, error) {
+	return i.resolveImage(ctx, refOrID)
+}
+
 func (i *ImageService) resolveImage(ctx context.Context, refOrID string) (containerdimages.Image, error) {
 	parsed, err := reference.ParseAnyReference(refOrID)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/daemon/info.go b/daemon/info.go
index 6c9d4844b7..6669d7644e 100644
--- a/daemon/info.go
+++ b/daemon/info.go
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) SystemInfo(ctx context.Context) (*system.Info, error) {
 
 	daemon.fillContainerStates(v)
 	daemon.fillDebugInfo(ctx, v)
+	daemon.fillContainerdInfo(v, &cfg.Config)
 	daemon.fillAPIInfo(v, &cfg.Config)
+
 	// Retrieve platform specific info
 	if err := daemon.fillPlatformInfo(ctx, v, sysInfo, cfg); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -227,6 +229,22 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) fillDebugInfo(ctx context.Context, v *system.Info) {
 	v.NFd = fileutils.GetTotalUsedFds(ctx)
 	v.NGoroutines = runtime.NumGoroutine()
 	v.NEventsListener = daemon.EventsService.SubscribersCount()
+
+}
+
+// fillContainerdInfo provides information about the containerd configuration
+// for debugging purposes.
+func (daemon *Daemon) fillContainerdInfo(v *system.Info, cfg *config.Config) {
+	if cfg.ContainerdAddr == "" {
+		return
+	}
+	v.Containerd = &system.ContainerdInfo{
+		Address: cfg.ContainerdAddr,
+		Namespaces: system.ContainerdNamespaces{
+			Containers: cfg.ContainerdNamespace,
+			Plugins:    cfg.ContainerdPluginNamespace,
+		},
+	}
 }
 
 func (daemon *Daemon) fillAPIInfo(v *system.Info, cfg *config.Config) {
diff --git a/daemon/start.go b/daemon/start.go
index 9eb212efb1..027f08a6dc 100644
--- a/daemon/start.go
+++ b/daemon/start.go
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/containers"
 	"github.com/containerd/log"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/backend"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/events"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/container"
+	mobyc8dstore "github.com/docker/docker/daemon/containerd"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/errdefs"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/libcontainerd"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -173,7 +176,22 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) containerStart(ctx context.Context, daemonCfg *configStore
 		return err
 	}
 
-	ctr, err := libcontainerd.ReplaceContainer(ctx, daemon.containerd, container.ID, spec, shim, createOptions)
+	ctr, err := libcontainerd.ReplaceContainer(ctx, daemon.containerd, container.ID, spec, shim, createOptions, func(ctx context.Context, client *containerd.Client, c *containers.Container) error {
+		// Only set the image if we are using containerd for image storage.
+		// This is for metadata purposes only.
+		// Other lower-level components may make use of this information.
+		is, ok := daemon.imageService.(*mobyc8dstore.ImageService)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil
+		}
+		img, err := is.ResolveImage(ctx, container.Config.Image)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.G(ctx).WithError(err).WithField("container", container.ID).Warn("Failed to resolve containerd image reference")
+			return nil
+		}
+		c.Image = img.Name
+		return nil
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return setExitCodeFromError(container.SetExitCode, err)
 	}
diff --git a/docs/api/version-history.md b/docs/api/version-history.md
index 7ae06f44cc..e4221fa286 100644
--- a/docs/api/version-history.md
+++ b/docs/api/version-history.md
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ keywords: "API, Docker, rcli, REST, documentation"
 
 [Docker Engine API v1.46](https://docs.docker.com/engine/api/v1.46/) documentation
 
+* `GET /info` now includes a `Containerd` field containing information about
+  the location of the containerd API socket and containerd namespaces used
+  by the daemon to run containers and plugins.
 * `POST /containers/create` field `NetworkingConfig.EndpointsConfig.DriverOpts`,
   and `POST /networks/{id}/connect` field `EndpointsConfig.DriverOpts`, now
   support label `com.docker.network.endpoint.sysctls` for setting per-interface
diff --git a/integration/container/create_test.go b/integration/container/create_test.go
index a4541d12a1..bed416e3fd 100644
--- a/integration/container/create_test.go
+++ b/integration/container/create_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/network"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/versions"
@@ -668,3 +669,40 @@ func TestCreateWithCustomMACs(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, mac, "02:32:1c:23:00:04")
 	}
 }
+
+// Tests that when using containerd backed storage the containerd container has the image referenced stored.
+func TestContainerdContainerImageInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	skip.If(t, versions.LessThan(testEnv.DaemonAPIVersion(), "1.46"), "requires API v1.46")
+
+	ctx := setupTest(t)
+
+	apiClient := testEnv.APIClient()
+	defer apiClient.Close()
+
+	info, err := apiClient.Info(ctx)
+	assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+	skip.If(t, info.Containerd == nil, "requires containerd")
+
+	// Currently a containerd container is only created when the container is started.
+	// So start the container and then inspect the containerd container to verify the image info.
+	id := ctr.Run(ctx, t, apiClient, func(cfg *ctr.TestContainerConfig) {
+		// busybox is the default (as of this writing) used by the test client, but lets be explicit here.
+		cfg.Config.Image = "busybox"
+	})
+	defer apiClient.ContainerRemove(ctx, id, container.RemoveOptions{Force: true})
+
+	client, err := containerd.New(info.Containerd.Address, containerd.WithDefaultNamespace(info.Containerd.Namespaces.Containers))
+	assert.NilError(t, err)
+	defer client.Close()
+
+	ctr, err := client.ContainerService().Get(ctx, id)
+	assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+	if testEnv.UsingSnapshotter() {
+		assert.Equal(t, ctr.Image, "docker.io/library/busybox:latest")
+	} else {
+		// This field is not set when not using contianerd backed storage.
+		assert.Equal(t, ctr.Image, "")
+	}
+}