@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ func (clnt *client) Create(containerID string, spec Spec, options ...CreateOptio

 		configuration.HvRuntime = &hcsshim.HvRuntime{

 			ImagePath: spec.Windows.HvRuntime.ImagePath,

 		}

+

+		// Images with build verison < 14350 don't support running with clone, but

+		// Windows cannot automatically detect this. Explicitly block cloning in this

+		// case.

+		if build := buildFromVersion(spec.Platform.OSVersion); build > 0 && build < 14350 {

+			configuration.HvRuntime.SkipTemplate = true

+		}

 	}

 	if configuration.HvPartition {

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package libcontainerd

 import (

 	"io"

-	"strconv"

-	"strings"

 	"github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim"

 )

@@ -38,12 +36,7 @@ func fixStdinBackspaceBehavior(w io.WriteCloser, osversion string, tty bool) io.

 	if !tty {

 		return w

 	}

-	v := strings.Split(osversion, ".")

-	if len(v) < 3 {

-		return w

-	}

-

-	if build, err := strconv.Atoi(v[2]); err != nil || build >= 14350 {

+	if build := buildFromVersion(osversion); build == 0 || build >= 14350 {

 		return w

 	}

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@

 package libcontainerd

-import "strings"

+import (

+	"strconv"

+	"strings"

+)

 // setupEnvironmentVariables convert a string array of environment variables

 // into a map as required by the HCS. Source array is in format [v1=k1] [v2=k2] etc.

@@ -19,3 +22,16 @@ func setupEnvironmentVariables(a []string) map[string]string {

 func (s *ServicingOption) Apply(interface{}) error {

 	return nil

 }

+

+// buildFromVersion takes an image version string and returns the Windows build

+// number. It returns 0 if the build number is not present.

+func buildFromVersion(osver string) int {

+	v := strings.Split(osver, ".")

+	if len(v) < 3 {

+		return 0

+	}

+	if build, err := strconv.Atoi(v[2]); err == nil {

+		return build

+	}

+	return 0

+}