diff --git a/.taskcluster.yml b/.taskcluster.yml
index bc2b2d31..c1594e67 100644
--- a/.taskcluster.yml
+++ b/.taskcluster.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ tasks:
     scopes:
       - 'docker-worker:cache:docker-worker-garbage-*'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:privileged'
+      - 'docker-worker:capability:disableSeccomp'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:device:loopbackAudio'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:device:loopbackVideo'
       - 'secrets:get:project/taskcluster/testing/docker-worker/ci-creds'
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ tasks:
           while ! yarn install --frozen-lockfile; do rm -rf node_modules; sleep 30; done && node_modules/.bin/eslint src test deploy
       capabilities:
         privileged: true
+        disableSeccomp: true
         devices:
           loopbackAudio: true
           loopbackVideo: true
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ tasks:
     scopes:
       - 'docker-worker:cache:docker-worker-garbage-*'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:privileged'
+      - 'docker-worker:capability:disableSeccomp'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:device:loopbackAudio'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:device:loopbackVideo'
       - 'secrets:get:project/taskcluster/testing/docker-worker/ci-creds'
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ tasks:
           ./test/docker-worker-test --this-chunk 1 --total-chunks 5
       capabilities:
         privileged: true
+        disableSeccomp: true
         devices:
           loopbackAudio: true
           loopbackVideo: true
@@ -100,6 +104,7 @@ tasks:
     scopes:
       - 'docker-worker:cache:docker-worker-garbage-*'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:privileged'
+      - 'docker-worker:capability:disableSeccomp'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:device:loopbackAudio'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:device:loopbackVideo'
       - 'secrets:get:project/taskcluster/testing/docker-worker/ci-creds'
@@ -114,6 +119,7 @@ tasks:
           ./test/docker-worker-test --this-chunk 2 --total-chunks 5
       capabilities:
         privileged: true
+        disableSeccomp: true
         devices:
           loopbackAudio: true
           loopbackVideo: true
@@ -143,6 +149,7 @@ tasks:
     scopes:
       - 'docker-worker:cache:docker-worker-garbage-*'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:privileged'
+      - 'docker-worker:capability:disableSeccomp'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:device:loopbackAudio'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:device:loopbackVideo'
       - 'secrets:get:project/taskcluster/testing/docker-worker/ci-creds'
@@ -157,6 +164,7 @@ tasks:
           ./test/docker-worker-test --this-chunk 3 --total-chunks 5
       capabilities:
         privileged: true
+        disableSeccomp: true
         devices:
           loopbackAudio: true
           loopbackVideo: true
@@ -186,6 +194,7 @@ tasks:
     scopes:
       - 'docker-worker:cache:docker-worker-garbage-*'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:privileged'
+      - 'docker-worker:capability:disableSeccomp'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:device:loopbackAudio'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:device:loopbackVideo'
       - 'secrets:get:project/taskcluster/testing/docker-worker/ci-creds'
@@ -200,6 +209,7 @@ tasks:
           ./test/docker-worker-test --this-chunk 4 --total-chunks 5
       capabilities:
         privileged: true
+        disableSeccomp: true
         devices:
           loopbackAudio: true
           loopbackVideo: true
@@ -229,6 +239,7 @@ tasks:
     scopes:
       - 'docker-worker:cache:docker-worker-garbage-*'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:privileged'
+      - 'docker-worker:capability:disableSeccomp'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:device:loopbackAudio'
       - 'docker-worker:capability:device:loopbackVideo'
       - 'secrets:get:project/taskcluster/testing/docker-worker/ci-creds'
@@ -243,6 +254,7 @@ tasks:
           ./test/docker-worker-test --this-chunk 5 --total-chunks 5
       capabilities:
         privileged: true
+        disableSeccomp: true
         devices:
           loopbackAudio: true
           loopbackVideo: true
diff --git a/config.yml b/config.yml
index 403e80bb..10c5f0b3 100644
--- a/config.yml
+++ b/config.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ defaults:
     delayFactor: 15000
     # Value between 0 and 1
     randomizationFactor: 0.25
+    # Disable the seccomp system call filter. This is useful for some tasks
+    # (eg. using `rr`) but it allows significant information leakage, and its
+    # use should not be considered secure.
+    disableSeccomp: false
   features:
     relengAPIProxy:
       image: 'taskcluster/relengapi-proxy:2.3.1'
@@ -192,6 +196,7 @@ test:
     maxAttempts: 5
     delayFactor: 100
     randomizationFactor: 0.25
+    disableSeccomp: false
 
   taskQueue:
     pollInterval: 1000
diff --git a/schemas/v1/payload.json b/schemas/v1/payload.json
index b16782be..f2975624 100644
--- a/schemas/v1/payload.json
+++ b/schemas/v1/payload.json
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@
           "type": "boolean",
           "default": false
         },
+        "disableSeccomp": {
+          "title": "Container does not have a seccomp profile set.",
+          "description": "Allows a task to run without seccomp, similar to running docker with `--security-opt seccomp=unconfined`.  This only works for worker-types configured to enable it.",
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false
+        },
         "devices": {
           "title": "Devices to be attached to task containers",
           "description": "Allows devices from the host system to be attached to a task container similar to using `--device` in docker. ",
diff --git a/src/lib/host/packet.js b/src/lib/host/packet.js
index b5b00133..d8103ef7 100644
--- a/src/lib/host/packet.js
+++ b/src/lib/host/packet.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ module.exports = {
       // * worker type - the taskcluster worker type name
       // * capacity - the worker capacity
       // * allowPrivileged - boolean indicating if the instance is allowed to run privileged docker containers
+      // * disableSeccomp - boolean indicating if the instance is allowed to run without seccomp sandbox
 
       const userdata = fs.readFileSync('/var/lib/cloud/instance/user-data.txt')
         .toString()
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ module.exports = {
         },
         dockerConfig: {
           allowPrivileged: userdata.allowPrivileged == 'true',
+          disableSeccomp: userdata.disableSeccomp == 'true',
         },
         logging: {
           secureLiveLogging: false,
diff --git a/src/lib/task.js b/src/lib/task.js
index b30ffe3c..1ec4b4e0 100644
--- a/src/lib/task.js
+++ b/src/lib/task.js
@@ -128,6 +128,28 @@ function runAsPrivileged(task, allowPrivilegedTasks) {
   return true;
 }
 
+function runWithoutSeccomp(task, allowDisableSeccompTasks) {
+  let taskCapabilities = task.payload.capabilities || {};
+  let disableSeccompTask = taskCapabilities.disableSeccomp || false;
+  if (!disableSeccompTask) return false;
+
+  if (!scopeMatch(task.scopes, [['docker-worker:capability:disableSeccomp']])) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'Insufficient scopes to run task without seccomp. Try ' +
+      'adding docker-worker:capability:disableSeccomp to the .scopes array'
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (!allowDisableSeccompTasks) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'Cannot run task using docker without a seccomp profile.  Worker ' +
+      'must be enabled to allow running of tasks without seccomp.'
+    );
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
 async function buildDeviceBindings(devices, expandedScopes) {
   let allowed = await hasPrefixedScopes('docker-worker:capability:device:', devices, expandedScopes);
 
@@ -328,6 +350,10 @@ class Task extends EventEmitter {
       this.task, this.runtime.dockerConfig.allowPrivileged
     );
 
+    let disableSeccompTask = runWithoutSeccomp(
+      this.task, this.runtime.dockerConfig.allowDisableSeccomp
+    );
+
     let procConfig = {
       start: {},
       create: {
@@ -351,6 +377,9 @@ class Task extends EventEmitter {
         }
       }
     };
+    if (disableSeccompTask) {
+      procConfig.create.HostConfig.SecurityOpt = ['seccomp=unconfined'];
+    }
 
     // Zero is a valid option so only check for existence.
     if ('cpusetCpus' in this.options) {
diff --git a/test/integration/disable_seccomp_containers_test.js b/test/integration/disable_seccomp_containers_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..102997af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/disable_seccomp_containers_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+const assert = require('assert');
+const settings = require('../settings');
+const DockerWorker = require('../dockerworker');
+const TestWorker = require('../testworker');
+
+suite('disableSeccomp capability', () => {
+  let worker;
+
+  setup(async () => {
+    settings.cleanup();
+  });
+
+  teardown(async () => {
+    settings.cleanup();
+    if (worker) await worker.terminate();
+    worker = null;
+  });
+
+  test('task error when necessary scopes missing', async () => {
+    settings.configure({
+      dockerConfig: {
+        disableSeccomp: true
+      }
+    });
+
+    worker = new TestWorker(DockerWorker);
+    await worker.launch();
+    let result = await worker.postToQueue({
+      payload: {
+        image: 'taskcluster/test-ubuntu',
+        command: [
+          '/bin/bash',
+          '-c',
+          'sleep 1'
+        ],
+        capabilities: {
+          disableSeccomp: true
+        },
+        maxRunTime: 5 * 60
+      }
+    });
+
+    let errorMessage = 'Insufficient scopes to run task without seccomp';
+    assert.ok(result.log.indexOf(errorMessage) !== -1);
+    assert.equal(result.run.state, 'failed', 'task should not be successful');
+    assert.equal(result.run.reasonResolved, 'failed', 'task should not be successful');
+  });
+
+  test('task error when disableSeccomp requested but not enabled in worker', async () => {
+    worker = new TestWorker(DockerWorker);
+    await worker.launch();
+    let result = await worker.postToQueue({
+      scopes: ['docker-worker:capability:disableSeccomp'],
+      payload: {
+        image: 'taskcluster/test-ubuntu',
+        command: [
+          '/bin/bash',
+          '-c',
+          'sleep 1'
+        ],
+        capabilities: {
+          disableSeccomp: true
+        },
+        maxRunTime: 5 * 60
+      }
+    });
+
+    let errorMessage = 'Error: Cannot run task using docker without a seccomp profile';
+    assert.ok(result.log.indexOf(errorMessage) !== -1);
+    assert.equal(result.run.state, 'failed', 'task should not be successful');
+    assert.equal(result.run.reasonResolved, 'failed', 'task should not be successful');
+  });
+
+  test('use performance counter in a container without disableSeccomp -- task should fail', async () => {
+    worker = new TestWorker(DockerWorker);
+    await worker.launch();
+    let result = await worker.postToQueue({
+      payload: {
+        image: 'alpine',
+        command: ['/bin/sh', '-c', 'echo http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing >> /etc/apk/repositories; apk add perf; perf stat ls'],
+        maxRunTime: 5 * 60
+      }
+    });
+
+    assert(result.run.state === 'failed', 'task should fail');
+    assert(result.run.reasonResolved === 'failed', 'task should fail');
+  });
+
+  test('use performance counter in a container with disableSeccomp -- task should succeed', async () => {
+    settings.configure({
+      dockerConfig: {
+        allowPrivileged: true
+      }
+    });
+
+    worker = new TestWorker(DockerWorker);
+    await worker.launch();
+    let result = await worker.postToQueue({
+      scopes: ['docker-worker:capability:disableSeccomp'],
+      payload: {
+        image: 'alpine',
+        command: ['/bin/sh', '-c', 'echo http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing >> /etc/apk/repositories; apk add perf; perf stat ls'],
+        capabilities: {
+          disableSeccomp: true,
+        },
+        maxRunTime: 5 * 60
+      }
+    });
+
+    assert(result.run.state === 'completed', 'task should not fail');
+    assert(result.run.reasonResolved === 'completed', 'task should not fail');
+  });
+});