diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image.go b/daemon/containerd/image.go
index 3af499644d..ea779ebfad 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/start.go b/daemon/start.go
index b967947af2..17c555dd49 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/internal/compatcontext"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/libcontainerd"
@@ -166,7 +169,22 @@ 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/integration/container/create_test.go b/integration/container/create_test.go
index a4541d12a1..7c1a34ce87 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(), "1.45"), "requires API v1.45")
+
+	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, "")
+	}
+}