diff --git a/cmd/oci-runtime-tool/main.go b/cmd/oci-runtime-tool/main.go
index 7ced60de2..f3b4b0b72 100644
--- a/cmd/oci-runtime-tool/main.go
+++ b/cmd/oci-runtime-tool/main.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func main() {
 	app.Commands = []cli.Command{
 		generateCommand,
 		bundleValidateCommand,
+		sanitizeCommand,
 	}
 
 	if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/oci-runtime-tool/sanitize.go b/cmd/oci-runtime-tool/sanitize.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..158a805ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/oci-runtime-tool/sanitize.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+
+	rspec "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
+	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools/sanitize"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+)
+
+var sanitizeFlags = []cli.Flag{
+	cli.StringFlag{Name: "output", Usage: "output file (defaults to stdout)"},
+}
+
+var sanitizeCommand = cli.Command{
+	Name:   "sanitize",
+	Usage:  "sanitize an OCI runtime configuration file",
+	Flags:  sanitizeFlags,
+	Before: before,
+	Action: func(context *cli.Context) (err error) {
+		var reader io.ReadCloser
+		if context.NArg() == 0 {
+			reader = os.Stdin
+		} else if context.NArg() == 1 {
+			reader, err = os.Open(context.Args().First())
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			defer reader.Close()
+		} else {
+			return fmt.Errorf("too many arguments (%d > 1)", context.NArg())
+		}
+
+		var config rspec.Spec
+		err = json.NewDecoder(reader).Decode(&config)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = reader.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = sanitize.Sanitize(&config)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		var writer io.WriteCloser
+		if context.IsSet("output") {
+			writer, err = os.OpenFile(context.String("output"), os.O_WRONLY | os.O_TRUNC, 0)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			defer writer.Close()
+		} else {
+			writer = os.Stdout
+		}
+
+		encoder := json.NewEncoder(writer)
+		return encoder.Encode(&config)
+	},
+}
diff --git a/sanitize/sanitize.go b/sanitize/sanitize.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4814fc026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sanitize/sanitize.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// Package sanitize removes dangerous and questionably-portable properties from container configurations.
+package sanitize
+
+import (
+	rspec "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
+)
+
+// Santize removes dangerous and questionably-portable properties from container configurations.
+func Sanitize(config *rspec.Spec) (err error) {
+	config.Process.Terminal = false
+	//config.Process.ConsoleSize = nil  // needs runtime-spec#581
+	config.Process.User.AdditionalGids = []uint32{}
+	config.Process.Capabilities = []string{}
+	config.Process.Rlimits = []rspec.Rlimit{}
+	config.Process.NoNewPrivileges = false
+	config.Process.ApparmorProfile = ""
+	config.Process.SelinuxLabel = ""
+	config.Root = rspec.Root{
+		Path: "rootfs",
+	}
+	config.Hostname = ""
+	//config.Hooks = nil  // needs runtime-spec#427
+
+	for i, _ := range config.Mounts {
+		config.Mounts[i].Source = ""
+	}
+
+	if config.Linux != nil {
+		config.Linux.UIDMappings = []rspec.IDMapping{}
+		config.Linux.GIDMappings = []rspec.IDMapping{}
+		config.Linux.Sysctl = map[string]string{}
+		config.Linux.CgroupsPath = nil
+		config.Linux.Namespaces = []rspec.Namespace{}
+		config.Linux.Devices = []rspec.Device{}
+		config.Linux.Seccomp = nil
+		config.Linux.RootfsPropagation = ""
+		config.Linux.MaskedPaths = []string{}
+		config.Linux.MaskedPaths = []string{}
+		config.Linux.MountLabel = ""
+
+		if config.Linux.Resources != nil {
+			config.Linux.Resources.Devices = []rspec.DeviceCgroup{}
+			config.Linux.Resources.DisableOOMKiller = nil
+			config.Linux.Resources.OOMScoreAdj= nil
+			config.Linux.Resources.Pids = nil
+			config.Linux.Resources.BlockIO = nil
+			config.Linux.Resources.HugepageLimits = []rspec.HugepageLimit{}
+			config.Linux.Resources.Network = nil
+
+			if config.Linux.Resources.Memory != nil {
+				config.Linux.Resources.Memory.Kernel = nil
+				config.Linux.Resources.Memory.KernelTCP = nil
+				config.Linux.Resources.Memory.Swappiness = nil
+			}
+
+			if config.Linux.Resources.CPU != nil {
+				config.Linux.Resources.CPU.Quota = nil
+				config.Linux.Resources.CPU.Period = nil
+				config.Linux.Resources.CPU.RealtimeRuntime = nil
+				config.Linux.Resources.CPU.Period = nil
+				config.Linux.Resources.CPU.Cpus = nil
+				config.Linux.Resources.CPU.Mems = nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if config.Solaris != nil {
+		config.Solaris.Milestone = ""
+		config.Solaris.LimitPriv = ""
+		config.Solaris.MaxShmMemory = ""
+		config.Solaris.Anet = []rspec.Anet{}
+		config.Solaris.CappedCPU = nil
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}