diff --git a/cmd/oci-runtime-tool/generate.go b/cmd/oci-runtime-tool/generate.go
index c47b940c0..6c2fe5c1c 100644
--- a/cmd/oci-runtime-tool/generate.go
+++ b/cmd/oci-runtime-tool/generate.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ var generateFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	cli.StringSliceFlag{Name: "seccomp-errno", Usage: "specifies syscalls to be added to list that returns an error"},
 	cli.StringFlag{Name: "template", Usage: "base template to use for creating the configuration"},
 	cli.StringSliceFlag{Name: "label", Usage: "add annotations to the configuration e.g. key=value"},
+	cli.BoolFlag{Name: "disable-oom-kill", Usage: "disable OOM Killer"},
 	cli.IntFlag{Name: "oom-score-adj", Usage: "oom_score_adj for the container"},
 	cli.Uint64Flag{Name: "linux-cpu-shares", Usage: "the relative share of CPU time available to the tasks in a cgroup"},
 	cli.Uint64Flag{Name: "linux-cpu-period", Usage: "the CPU period to be used for hardcapping (in usecs)"},
@@ -333,6 +334,10 @@ func setupSpec(g *generate.Generator, context *cli.Context) error {
 		g.AddLinuxGIDMapping(hid, cid, size)
 	}
 
+	if context.IsSet("disable-oom-kill") {
+		g.SetLinuxResourcesDisableOOMKiller(context.Bool("disable-oom-kill"))
+	}
+
 	if context.IsSet("oom-score-adj") {
 		g.SetLinuxResourcesOOMScoreAdj(context.Int("oom-score-adj"))
 	}
diff --git a/completions/bash/oci-runtime-tool b/completions/bash/oci-runtime-tool
index 6654bf773..815459f54 100644
--- a/completions/bash/oci-runtime-tool
+++ b/completions/bash/oci-runtime-tool
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ _oci-runtime-tool_generate() {
 	      --cgroup
 	      --cgroup-path
 	      --cwd
+	      --disable-oom-kill
 	      --env
 	      --gid
 	      --gidmappings
diff --git a/generate/generate.go b/generate/generate.go
index d101799ab..7cdf3a553 100644
--- a/generate/generate.go
+++ b/generate/generate.go
@@ -362,6 +362,12 @@ func (g *Generator) SetLinuxMountLabel(label string) {
 	g.spec.Linux.MountLabel = label
 }
 
+// SetLinuxResourcesDisableOOMKiller sets g.spec.Linux.Resources.DisableOOMKiller.
+func (g *Generator) SetLinuxResourcesDisableOOMKiller(disable bool) {
+	g.initSpecLinuxResources()
+	g.spec.Linux.Resources.DisableOOMKiller = &disable
+}
+
 // SetLinuxResourcesOOMScoreAdj sets g.spec.Linux.Resources.OOMScoreAdj.
 func (g *Generator) SetLinuxResourcesOOMScoreAdj(adj int) {
 	g.initSpecLinuxResources()
diff --git a/man/oci-runtime-tool-generate.1.md b/man/oci-runtime-tool-generate.1.md
index 205dbbe8a..09bd61b9e 100644
--- a/man/oci-runtime-tool-generate.1.md
+++ b/man/oci-runtime-tool-generate.1.md
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ read the configuration from `config.json`.
 **--cwd**=PATH
   Current working directory for the process
 
+**--disable-oom-kill**=true|false
+  Whether to disable OOM Killer for the container or not.
+
 **--env**=[]
   Set environment variables e.g. key=value.
   This option allows you to specify arbitrary environment variables