diff --git a/src/runtime_service/run_pod_sandbox.rs b/src/runtime_service/run_pod_sandbox.rs
index 18f6bb00..c36158f4 100644
--- a/src/runtime_service/run_pod_sandbox.rs
+++ b/src/runtime_service/run_pod_sandbox.rs
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ impl CRIService {
         debug!("Created pod sandbox {:?}", sandbox);
 
         // Run the sandbox
-        sandbox
-            .run()
-            .map_err(|e| Status::internal(format!("run pod sandbox: {}", e)))?;
+        sandbox.run().await.map_err(|e| Status::internal(format!("run pod sandbox: {}", e)))?;
         info!("Started pod sandbox {}", sandbox);
 
         // Build and return the response
diff --git a/src/sandbox/mod.rs b/src/sandbox/mod.rs
index efb6a3de..826f5d8f 100644
--- a/src/sandbox/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sandbox/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 pub mod pinned;
 
+use async_trait::async_trait;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use bitflags::bitflags;
 use derive_builder::Builder;
@@ -76,9 +77,10 @@ pub struct SandboxData {
     annotations: HashMap<String, String>,
 }
 
+#[async_trait]
 pub trait Pod {
     /// Run a previously created sandbox.
-    fn run(&mut self, _: &SandboxData) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn run(&mut self, _: &SandboxData) -> Result<()> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ pub trait Pod {
 
 impl<T> Sandbox<T>
 where
-    T: Default + Pod,
+    T: Default + Pod + Send,
 {
     /// Retrieve the unique identifier for the sandbox
     pub fn id(&self) -> &str {
@@ -110,8 +112,8 @@ where
     }
 
     /// Wrapper for the implementations `run` method
-    pub fn run(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
-        self.implementation.run(&self.data)
+    pub async fn run(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+        Ok(self.implementation.run(&self.data).await?)
     }
 
     #[allow(dead_code)]
@@ -187,8 +189,10 @@ pub mod tests {
         remove_called: bool,
         ready: bool,
     }
+
+    #[async_trait]
     impl Pod for Mock {
-        fn run(&mut self, _: &SandboxData) -> Result<()> {
+        async fn run(&mut self, _: &SandboxData) -> Result<()> {
             self.run_called = true;
             self.ready = true;
             Ok(())
diff --git a/src/sandbox/pinned.rs b/src/sandbox/pinned.rs
index f46c45f4..0e2e01f6 100644
--- a/src/sandbox/pinned.rs
+++ b/src/sandbox/pinned.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,69 @@
-//! A pod sandbox implementation which does pin it's namespaces to file descriptors.
+//! A pod sandbox implementation which does pin its namespaces to file descriptors.
 
-use crate::sandbox::Pod;
+use crate::sandbox::{LinuxNamespaces, Pod, SandboxData};
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
+use tokio::process::Command;
+use which::which;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 #[derive(Default)]
-pub struct PinnedSandbox {}
+pub struct PinnedSandbox {
+    pinner_path: PathBuf,
+    namespaces_dir: String,
+    ready: bool,
+}
 
-impl Pod for PinnedSandbox {}
+impl PinnedSandbox {
+    pub fn new(pinner: &str) -> Result<PinnedSandbox> {
+        let path = which(pinner)
+            .with_context(|| format!("failed to find {} in PATH", pinner))?;
+        let ps = PinnedSandbox {
+            pinner_path: path,
+            // TODO: Make this configurable
+            namespaces_dir: String::from("/var/run/cri"),
+            ready: false,
+        };
+        Ok(ps)
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl Pod for PinnedSandbox {
+    async fn run(&mut self, sd: &SandboxData) -> Result<()> {
+        let mut args = Vec::new();
+        args.push("-d");
+        args.push(&self.namespaces_dir);
+        args.push("-f");
+        args.push(&sd.id);
+        let linux_namespaces = sd.linux_namespaces.context("linux namespaces not set")?;
+        if linux_namespaces.contains(LinuxNamespaces::NET) {
+            args.push("-n");
+        }
+        if linux_namespaces.contains(LinuxNamespaces::IPC) {
+            args.push("-i");
+        }
+        if linux_namespaces.contains(LinuxNamespaces::UTS) {
+            args.push("-u");
+        }
+        let output = Command::new(&self.pinner_path).args(&args[..]).output().await?;
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            bail!("Failed to pin namespaces for sandbox")
+        }
+        self.ready = true;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn stop(&mut self, _: &SandboxData) -> Result<()> {
+        self.ready = false;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn remove(&mut self, _: &SandboxData) -> Result<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn ready(&mut self, _: &SandboxData) -> Result<bool> {
+        Ok(false)
+    }
+}