diff --git a/pkg/mcclient/options/compute/containers.go b/pkg/mcclient/options/compute/containers.go
index d0dd7347c7..a374697e95 100644
--- a/pkg/mcclient/options/compute/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/mcclient/options/compute/containers.go
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ func parseContainerRootFs(rootFs string) (*apis.ContainerRootfs, error) {
 			out.Disk.Index = &index
 		case "disk_id":
 			out.Disk.Id = val
+		case "sub_dir", "sub_directory":
+			out.Disk.SubDirectory = val
 		}
 	}
 	return out, nil