diff --git a/common/pkg/hooks/exec/runtimeconfigfilter.go b/common/pkg/hooks/exec/runtimeconfigfilter.go
index 9c2d7a375f..f4396649de 100644
--- a/common/pkg/hooks/exec/runtimeconfigfilter.go
+++ b/common/pkg/hooks/exec/runtimeconfigfilter.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"time"
 
@@ -21,6 +23,11 @@ var spewConfig = spew.ConfigState{
 	SortKeys:                true,
 }
 
+const (
+	AnnotationHookStdout = "run.oci.hooks.stdout"
+	AnnotationHookStderr = "run.oci.hooks.stderr"
+)
+
 type RuntimeConfigFilterOptions struct {
 	// The hooks to run
 	Hooks []spec.Hook
@@ -55,9 +62,41 @@ func RuntimeConfigFilterWithOptions(ctx context.Context, options RuntimeConfigFi
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	var stdoutFile, stderrFile *os.File
+
+	if options.Config != nil && options.Config.Annotations != nil {
+		if stdoutPath, ok := options.Config.Annotations[AnnotationHookStdout]; ok {
+			f, openErr := os.OpenFile(stdoutPath, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0o700)
+			if openErr != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("opening stdout file for config-filter hook: %w", openErr)
+			}
+			stdoutFile = f
+			defer stdoutFile.Close()
+		}
+
+		if stderrPath, ok := options.Config.Annotations[AnnotationHookStderr]; ok {
+			f, openErr := os.OpenFile(stderrPath, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0o700)
+			if openErr != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("opening stderr file for config-filter hook: %w", openErr)
+			}
+			stderrFile = f
+			defer stderrFile.Close()
+		}
+	}
 	for i, hook := range options.Hooks {
 		var stdout bytes.Buffer
-		hookErr, err = RunWithOptions(ctx, RunOptions{Hook: &hook, Dir: options.Dir, State: data, Stdout: &stdout, PostKillTimeout: options.PostKillTimeout})
+		var runStdout io.Writer = &stdout
+		var runStderr io.Writer
+
+		if stdoutFile != nil {
+			runStdout = io.MultiWriter(&stdout, stdoutFile)
+		}
+
+		if stderrFile != nil {
+			runStderr = stderrFile
+		}
+
+		hookErr, err = RunWithOptions(ctx, RunOptions{Hook: &hook, Dir: options.Dir, State: data, Stdout: runStdout, Stderr: runStderr, PostKillTimeout: options.PostKillTimeout})
 		if err != nil {
 			return hookErr, err
 		}
diff --git a/common/pkg/hooks/exec/runtimeconfigfilter_test.go b/common/pkg/hooks/exec/runtimeconfigfilter_test.go
index ba7daa248e..2ef583ada8 100644
--- a/common/pkg/hooks/exec/runtimeconfigfilter_test.go
+++ b/common/pkg/hooks/exec/runtimeconfigfilter_test.go
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	spec "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestRuntimeConfigFilter(t *testing.T) {
@@ -263,3 +265,120 @@ func TestRuntimeConfigFilter(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRuntimeConfigFilterOutputRedirection(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range []struct {
+		name                string
+		hookScript          string
+		useStdoutAnnotation bool
+		stdoutPathOverride  string
+		useStderrAnnotation bool
+		preExistingStdout   string
+		checkStdoutMode     bool
+		expectedStderr      string
+		expectedErr         string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "no stderr annotation still allows hook to write to stderr",
+			hookScript: "cat; echo -n stderr-content 1>&2",
+		},
+		{
+			name:                "stdout annotation redirects output and preserves round-trip",
+			hookScript:          "cat",
+			useStdoutAnnotation: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                "created stdout file uses 0700 permissions, matching crun",
+			hookScript:          "cat",
+			useStdoutAnnotation: true,
+			checkStdoutMode:     true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                "stderr annotation redirects stderr only",
+			hookScript:          "echo -n stderr-content 1>&2; cat",
+			useStderrAnnotation: true,
+			expectedStderr:      "stderr-content",
+		},
+		{
+			name:                "both annotations set redirect independently",
+			hookScript:          "echo -n stderr-content 1>&2; cat",
+			useStdoutAnnotation: true,
+			useStderrAnnotation: true,
+			expectedStderr:      "stderr-content",
+		},
+		{
+			name:                "existing file content is preserved in append mode",
+			hookScript:          "cat",
+			useStdoutAnnotation: true,
+			preExistingStdout:   "existing-log-line\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name:                "invalid stdout path returns an error",
+			hookScript:          "cat",
+			useStdoutAnnotation: true,
+			stdoutPathOverride:  "/no/such/directory/stdout.log",
+			expectedErr:         "opening stdout file",
+		},
+	} {
+		test := tt
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			dir := t.TempDir()
+			stdoutPath := filepath.Join(dir, "stdout.log")
+			if test.stdoutPathOverride != "" {
+				stdoutPath = test.stdoutPathOverride
+			}
+			stderrPath := filepath.Join(dir, "stderr.log")
+
+			if test.preExistingStdout != "" {
+				require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(stdoutPath, []byte(test.preExistingStdout), 0o644))
+			}
+
+			annotations := map[string]string{}
+			if test.useStdoutAnnotation {
+				annotations[AnnotationHookStdout] = stdoutPath
+			}
+			if test.useStderrAnnotation {
+				annotations[AnnotationHookStderr] = stderrPath
+			}
+
+			input := &spec.Spec{
+				Version:     "1.0.0",
+				Root:        &spec.Root{Path: "rootfs"},
+				Annotations: annotations,
+			}
+
+			hooks := []spec.Hook{{Path: path, Args: []string{"sh", "-c", test.hookScript}}}
+
+			if test.expectedErr != "" {
+				_, err := RuntimeConfigFilterWithOptions(t.Context(), RuntimeConfigFilterOptions{Hooks: hooks, Config: input, PostKillTimeout: DefaultPostKillTimeout})
+				assert.ErrorContains(t, err, test.expectedErr)
+				return
+			}
+
+			expectedJSON, err := json.Marshal(input)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			hookErr, err := RuntimeConfigFilterWithOptions(t.Context(), RuntimeConfigFilterOptions{Hooks: hooks, Config: input, PostKillTimeout: DefaultPostKillTimeout})
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NoError(t, hookErr)
+
+			if test.useStdoutAnnotation {
+				contents, err := os.ReadFile(stdoutPath)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, test.preExistingStdout+string(expectedJSON), string(contents))
+
+				if test.checkStdoutMode {
+					info, err := os.Stat(stdoutPath)
+					require.NoError(t, err)
+					assert.Equal(t, os.FileMode(0o700), info.Mode().Perm())
+				}
+			}
+
+			if test.expectedStderr != "" {
+				contents, err := os.ReadFile(stderrPath)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, test.expectedStderr, string(contents))
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}