diff --git a/client/driver/rkt.go b/client/driver/rkt.go
index 3dea50b04..e0d2a17ca 100644
--- a/client/driver/rkt.go
+++ b/client/driver/rkt.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func (d *RktDriver) Start(ctx *ExecContext, task *structs.Task) (DriverHandle, e
 		insecure = true
 	}
 
-	cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "run", "--interactive")
+	cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "run")
 	cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, fmt.Sprintf("--volume=%s,kind=host,source=%s", task.Name, ctx.AllocDir.SharedDir))
 	cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, fmt.Sprintf("--mount=volume=%s,target=%s", task.Name, ctx.AllocDir.SharedDir))
 	cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, img)