diff --git a/libcontainer/configs/config.go b/libcontainer/configs/config.go
index 92773aceb..3869a2edc 100644
--- a/libcontainer/configs/config.go
+++ b/libcontainer/configs/config.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 
+	"github.com/opencontainers/cgroups"
 	devices "github.com/opencontainers/cgroups/devices/config"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 )
@@ -144,8 +145,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	Routes []*Route `json:"routes"`
 
 	// Cgroups specifies specific cgroup settings for the various subsystems that the container is
-	// placed into to limit the resources the container has available
-	Cgroups *Cgroup `json:"cgroups"`
+	// placed into to limit the resources the container has available.
+	Cgroups *cgroups.Cgroup `json:"cgroups"`
 
 	// AppArmorProfile specifies the profile to apply to the process running in the container and is
 	// change at the time the process is execed