diff --git a/pkg/daemon/criruntime/factory.go b/pkg/daemon/criruntime/factory.go
index 5c60279c05..707c9fac0c 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/criruntime/factory.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/criruntime/factory.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package criruntime
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"time"
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ const (
 	kubeRuntimeAPIVersion = "0.1.0"
 )
 
+var (
+	CRISocketFileName = flag.String("socket-file", "", "The name of CRI socket file, and it should be in the mounted /hostvarrun directory.")
+)
+
 // Factory is the interface to get container and image runtime service
 type Factory interface {
 	GetImageService() runtimeimage.ImageService
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@ const (
 	ContainerRuntimeDocker     = "docker"
 	ContainerRuntimeContainerd = "containerd"
 	ContainerRuntimePouch      = "pouch"
-	ContainerRuntimeCRIO       = "cri-o"
+	ContainerRuntimeCommonCRI  = "common-cri"
 )
 
 type runtimeConfig struct {
@@ -108,13 +113,13 @@ func NewFactory(varRunPath string, accountManager daemonutil.ImagePullAccountMan
 				klog.Warningf("Failed to new image service for %v (%s, %s): %v", cfg.runtimeType, cfg.runtimeURI, cfg.runtimeRemoteURI, err)
 				continue
 			}
-		case ContainerRuntimeCRIO:
+		case ContainerRuntimeCommonCRI:
 			addr, _, err := kubeletutil.GetAddressAndDialer(cfg.runtimeRemoteURI)
 			if err != nil {
 				klog.Warningf("Failed to get address for %v (%s, %s): %v", cfg.runtimeType, cfg.runtimeURI, cfg.runtimeRemoteURI, err)
 				continue
 			}
-			imageService, err = runtimeimage.NewCrioImageService(addr, accountManager)
+			imageService, err = runtimeimage.NewCRIImageService(addr, accountManager)
 			if err != nil {
 				klog.Warningf("Failed to new image service for %v (%s, %s): %v", cfg.runtimeType, cfg.runtimeURI, cfg.runtimeRemoteURI, err)
 				continue
@@ -168,9 +173,25 @@ func (f *factory) GetRuntimeServiceByName(runtimeName string) criapi.RuntimeServ
 	return nil
 }
 
-func detectRuntime(varRunPath string) []runtimeConfig {
+func detectRuntime(varRunPath string) (cfgs []runtimeConfig) {
 	var err error
-	var cfgs []runtimeConfig
+
+	// firstly check if it is configured from flag
+	if CRISocketFileName != nil && len(*CRISocketFileName) > 0 {
+		filePath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", varRunPath, *CRISocketFileName)
+		if _, err = os.Stat(filePath); err == nil {
+			cfgs = append(cfgs, runtimeConfig{
+				runtimeType:      ContainerRuntimeCommonCRI,
+				runtimeRemoteURI: fmt.Sprintf("unix://%s/%s", varRunPath, *CRISocketFileName),
+			})
+			klog.Infof("Find configured CRI socket %s with given flag", filePath)
+		} else {
+			klog.Errorf("Failed to stat the CRI socket %s with given flag: %v", filePath, err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	// if the flag is not set, then try to find runtime in the recognized types and paths.
 
 	// pouch
 	{
@@ -224,9 +245,15 @@ func detectRuntime(varRunPath string) []runtimeConfig {
 
 	// cri-o
 	{
+		if _, err = os.Stat(fmt.Sprintf("%s/crio.sock", varRunPath)); err == nil {
+			cfgs = append(cfgs, runtimeConfig{
+				runtimeType:      ContainerRuntimeCommonCRI,
+				runtimeRemoteURI: fmt.Sprintf("unix://%s/crio.sock", varRunPath),
+			})
+		}
 		if _, err = os.Stat(fmt.Sprintf("%s/crio/crio.sock", varRunPath)); err == nil {
 			cfgs = append(cfgs, runtimeConfig{
-				runtimeType:      ContainerRuntimeCRIO,
+				runtimeType:      ContainerRuntimeCommonCRI,
 				runtimeRemoteURI: fmt.Sprintf("unix://%s/crio/crio.sock", varRunPath),
 			})
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/criruntime/imageruntime/crio.go b/pkg/daemon/criruntime/imageruntime/cri.go
similarity index 91%
rename from pkg/daemon/criruntime/imageruntime/crio.go
rename to pkg/daemon/criruntime/imageruntime/cri.go
index 0d0dc151e7..ba317aad8c 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/criruntime/imageruntime/crio.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/criruntime/imageruntime/cri.go
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ import (
 
 const maxMsgSize = 1024 * 1024 * 16
 
-// NewCrioImageService create a cri-o runtime
-func NewCrioImageService(runtimeURI string, accountManager daemonutil.ImagePullAccountManager) (ImageService, error) {
+// NewCRIImageService create a common CRI runtime
+func NewCRIImageService(runtimeURI string, accountManager daemonutil.ImagePullAccountManager) (ImageService, error) {
 	klog.V(3).InfoS("Connecting to image service", "endpoint", runtimeURI)
 	addr, dialer, err := util.GetAddressAndDialer(runtimeURI)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -54,19 +54,19 @@ func NewCrioImageService(runtimeURI string, accountManager daemonutil.ImagePullA
 		klog.V(2).InfoS("Using CRI v1 image API")
 	}
 
-	return &crioImageService{
+	return &commonCRIImageService{
 		accountManager: accountManager,
 		criImageClient: imageClient,
 	}, nil
 }
 
-type crioImageService struct {
+type commonCRIImageService struct {
 	accountManager daemonutil.ImagePullAccountManager
 	criImageClient runtimeapi.ImageServiceClient
 }
 
 // PullImage implements ImageService.PullImage.
-func (c *crioImageService) PullImage(ctx context.Context, imageName, tag string, pullSecrets []v1.Secret) (ImagePullStatusReader, error) {
+func (c *commonCRIImageService) PullImage(ctx context.Context, imageName, tag string, pullSecrets []v1.Secret) (ImagePullStatusReader, error) {
 	registry := daemonutil.ParseRegistry(imageName)
 	fullImageName := imageName + ":" + tag
 	// Reader
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (c *crioImageService) PullImage(ctx context.Context, imageName, tag string,
 }
 
 // ListImages implements ImageService.ListImages.
-func (c *crioImageService) ListImages(ctx context.Context) ([]ImageInfo, error) {
+func (c *commonCRIImageService) ListImages(ctx context.Context) ([]ImageInfo, error) {
 	listImagesReq := &runtimeapi.ListImagesRequest{}
 	listImagesResp, err := c.criImageClient.ListImages(ctx, listImagesReq)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/imagepuller/imagepuller_worker.go b/pkg/daemon/imagepuller/imagepuller_worker.go
index 3ddbba3a44..2d2169b0de 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/imagepuller/imagepuller_worker.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/imagepuller/imagepuller_worker.go
@@ -431,9 +431,36 @@ func (w *pullWorker) doPullImage(ctx context.Context, newStatus *appsv1alpha1.Im
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	statusReader, err := w.runtime.PullImage(ctx, w.name, tag, w.secrets)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	// make it asynchronous for CRI runtime will block in pulling image
+	var statusReader runtimeimage.ImagePullStatusReader
+	pullChan := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		statusReader, err = w.runtime.PullImage(ctx, w.name, tag, w.secrets)
+		close(pullChan)
+	}()
+
+	closeStatusReader := func() {
+		select {
+		case <-pullChan:
+		}
+		if statusReader != nil {
+			statusReader.Close()
+		}
+	}
+
+	select {
+	case <-w.stopCh:
+		go closeStatusReader()
+		klog.V(2).Infof("Pulling image %v:%v is stopped.", w.name, tag)
+		return fmt.Errorf("pulling image %s:%s is stopped", w.name, tag)
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		go closeStatusReader()
+		klog.V(2).Infof("Pulling image %s:%s is canceled", w.name, tag)
+		return fmt.Errorf("pulling image %s:%s is canceled", w.name, tag)
+	case <-pullChan:
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 	defer statusReader.Close()