diff --git a/.ci/install_cri_containerd.sh b/.ci/install_cri_containerd.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a96563be1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/install_cri_containerd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# 
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+
+tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d -t tmp.XXXXXXXXXX)
+script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+finish() {
+  rm -rf "$tmp_dir"
+}
+
+die() {
+	echo >&2 -e "\e[1mERROR\e[0m: $*"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+info() {
+	echo -e "\e[1mINFO\e[0m: $*"
+}
+
+
+trap finish EXIT
+
+source "${script_dir}/lib.sh"
+get_cc_versions
+
+#TODO (jcvenega) remove after https://github.com/clearcontainers/runtime/pull/1091 is merged
+cri_containerd_version="v1.0.0-rc.0"
+
+info "Get cri containerd sources"
+repo="github.com/containerd/cri"
+go get -d "$repo" || true
+pushd "${GOPATH}/src/${repo}"
+git fetch
+info "Checkout to ${cri_containerd_version}"
+git checkout "${cri_containerd_version}"
+info "Installing cri-containerd"
+make install.tools
+make install.deps
+make
+sudo -E PATH=$PATH make install
diff --git a/.ci/setup.sh b/.ci/setup.sh
index 2615c65c5..9686e25cf 100755
--- a/.ci/setup.sh
+++ b/.ci/setup.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ if [ -n "$PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER" ] || [ -n "$LOCALCI_PR_NUMBER" ]; then
 	bash -f "${cidir}/run_fetch_branches_tool.sh"
 fi
 
+echo "Install go"
+#TODO carlos need to build cri-containerd
+bash -f ${cidir}/install_go.sh 1.10
+
 
 echo "Install shim"
 bash -f ${cidir}/install_shim.sh
@@ -64,6 +68,9 @@ bash -f "${cidir}/install_kubernetes.sh"
 
 bash -f "${cidir}/openshift_setup.sh"
 
+echo "Install cri-containerd"
+bash -f ${cidir}/install_cri_containerd.sh
+
 echo "Drop caches"
 sync
 sudo -E PATH=$PATH bash -c "echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"