diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b00fc282bc..336b0d9f97 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,3 +61,17 @@ can use it to make a GET: `resp, err := http.Get(fmt.Sprintf("http://%s", ip))`
 To clean your environment you can defer the container termination `defer
 nginxC.Terminate(ctx, t)`. `t` is `*testing.T` and it is used to notify is the
 `defer` failed marking the test as failed.
+
+## Sending a CMD to a Container
+
+If you would like to send a CMD (command) to a container, you can pass it in to the container request via the `Cmd` field...
+
+```go
+req := ContainerRequest{
+	Image: "alpine",
+	WaitingFor: wait.ForAll(
+		wait.ForLog("command override!"),
+	),
+	Cmd: []string{"echo", "command override!"},
+}
+```
diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index 71e8dc0b72..4e0e4eca6b 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type ContainerRequest struct {
 	Image          string
 	Env            map[string]string
 	ExposedPorts   []string // allow specifying protocol info
-	Cmd            string
+	Cmd            []string
 	Labels         map[string]string
 	BindMounts     map[string]string
 	RegistryCred   string
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ type ContainerRequest struct {
 	Privileged     bool                // for starting privileged container
 	Networks       []string            // for specifying network names
 	NetworkAliases map[string][]string // for specifying network aliases
-
-	SkipReaper bool // indicates whether we skip setting up a reaper for this
+	SkipReaper     bool                // indicates whether we skip setting up a reaper for this
 }
 
 // ProviderType is an enum for the possible providers
diff --git a/docker.go b/docker.go
index c05ed1540f..257715de2f 100644
--- a/docker.go
+++ b/docker.go
@@ -300,10 +300,7 @@ func (p *DockerProvider) CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, req ContainerReque
 		Env:          env,
 		ExposedPorts: exposedPortSet,
 		Labels:       req.Labels,
-	}
-
-	if req.Cmd != "" {
-		dockerInput.Cmd = strings.Split(req.Cmd, " ")
+		Cmd:          req.Cmd,
 	}
 
 	_, _, err = p.client.ImageInspectWithRaw(ctx, req.Image)
diff --git a/docker_test.go b/docker_test.go
index 702bc9a3a8..d37409175a 100644
--- a/docker_test.go
+++ b/docker_test.go
@@ -705,3 +705,33 @@ func TestContainerCreationWaitsForLogAndPort(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 }
+
+func TestCMD(t *testing.T) {
+	/*
+		echo a unique statement to ensure that we
+		can pass in a command to the ContainerRequest
+		and it will be run when we run the container
+	*/
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	req := ContainerRequest{
+		Image: "alpine",
+		WaitingFor: wait.ForAll(
+			wait.ForLog("command override!"),
+		),
+		Cmd: []string{"echo", "command override!"},
+	}
+
+	c, err := GenericContainer(ctx, GenericContainerRequest{
+		ContainerRequest: req,
+		Started:          true,
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// defer not needed, but keeping it in for consistency
+	defer c.Terminate(ctx)
+}