diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d3738a5bc2..edafc23ef8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ node_modules/
 /ce/test/vcpkg-ce.test.build.log
 /ce/common/temp
 /vcpkg-root
+/CMakePresets.json
diff --git a/include/vcpkg/base/system.h b/include/vcpkg/base/system.h
index b98506f49a..469583f035 100644
--- a/include/vcpkg/base/system.h
+++ b/include/vcpkg/base/system.h
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ namespace vcpkg
     const ExpectedS<Path>& get_system_root() noexcept;
 
     const ExpectedS<Path>& get_system32() noexcept;
+
+    std::wstring get_username();
+
+    bool test_registry_key(void* base_hkey, StringView sub_key);
 #endif
 
     Optional<std::string> get_registry_string(void* base_hkey, StringView subkey, StringView valuename);
diff --git a/include/vcpkg/cgroup-parser.h b/include/vcpkg/cgroup-parser.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aef9aeabdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vcpkg/cgroup-parser.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <vcpkg/base/fwd/stringview.h>
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace vcpkg
+{
+    struct ControlGroup
+    {
+        long hierarchy_id;
+        std::string subsystems;
+        std::string control_group;
+
+        ControlGroup(long id, StringView s, StringView c);
+    };
+
+    std::vector<ControlGroup> parse_cgroup_file(StringView text, StringView origin);
+
+    bool detect_docker_in_cgroup_file(StringView text, StringView origin);
+}
diff --git a/include/vcpkg/metrics.h b/include/vcpkg/metrics.h
index 0f51c1fa12..498a81b3f5 100644
--- a/include/vcpkg/metrics.h
+++ b/include/vcpkg/metrics.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ namespace vcpkg
 
     enum class BoolMetric
     {
+        DetectedContainer,
         InstallManifestMode,
         OptionOverlayPorts,
         COUNT // always keep COUNT last
diff --git a/src/vcpkg-test/cgroup-parser.cpp b/src/vcpkg-test/cgroup-parser.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..331a60d9e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vcpkg-test/cgroup-parser.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#include <catch2/catch.hpp>
+
+#include <vcpkg/base/stringview.h>
+
+#include <vcpkg/cgroup-parser.h>
+
+using namespace vcpkg;
+
+TEST_CASE ("parse", "[cgroup-parser]")
+{
+    auto ok_text = R"(
+3:cpu:/
+2:cpuset:/
+1:memory:/
+0::/
+)";
+
+    auto cgroups = parse_cgroup_file(ok_text, "ok_text");
+    REQUIRE(cgroups.size() == 4);
+    CHECK(cgroups[0].hierarchy_id == 3);
+    CHECK(cgroups[0].subsystems == "cpu");
+    CHECK(cgroups[0].control_group == "/");
+    CHECK(cgroups[1].hierarchy_id == 2);
+    CHECK(cgroups[1].subsystems == "cpuset");
+    CHECK(cgroups[1].control_group == "/");
+    CHECK(cgroups[2].hierarchy_id == 1);
+    CHECK(cgroups[2].subsystems == "memory");
+    CHECK(cgroups[2].control_group == "/");
+    CHECK(cgroups[3].hierarchy_id == 0);
+    CHECK(cgroups[3].subsystems == "");
+    CHECK(cgroups[3].control_group == "/");
+
+    auto cgroups_short = parse_cgroup_file("2::", "short_text");
+    REQUIRE(cgroups_short.size() == 1);
+    CHECK(cgroups_short[0].hierarchy_id == 2);
+    CHECK(cgroups_short[0].subsystems == "");
+    CHECK(cgroups_short[0].control_group == "");
+
+    auto cgroups_incomplete = parse_cgroup_file("0:/", "incomplete_text");
+    CHECK(cgroups_incomplete.empty());
+
+    auto cgroups_bad_id = parse_cgroup_file("ab::", "non_numeric_id_text");
+    CHECK(cgroups_bad_id.empty());
+
+    auto cgroups_empty = parse_cgroup_file("", "empty");
+    CHECK(cgroups_empty.empty());
+}
+
+TEST_CASE ("detect docker", "[cgroup-parser]")
+{
+    auto with_docker = R"(
+2:memory:/docker/66a5f8000f3f2e2a19c3f7d60d870064d26996bdfe77e40df7e3fc955b811d14
+1:name=systemd:/docker/66a5f8000f3f2e2a19c3f7d60d870064d26996bdfe77e40df7e3fc955b811d14
+0::/docker/66a5f8000f3f2e2a19c3f7d60d870064d26996bdfe77e40df7e3fc955b811d14
+)";
+
+    auto without_docker = R"(
+3:cpu:/
+2:cpuset:/
+1:memory:/
+0::/
+)";
+
+    CHECK(detect_docker_in_cgroup_file(with_docker, "with_docker"));
+    CHECK(!detect_docker_in_cgroup_file(without_docker, "without_docker"));
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vcpkg.cpp b/src/vcpkg.cpp
index cdcc0b1273..021d77eddd 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <vcpkg/base/system.debug.h>
 #include <vcpkg/base/system.process.h>
 
+#include <vcpkg/cgroup-parser.h>
 #include <vcpkg/commands.contact.h>
 #include <vcpkg/commands.h>
 #include <vcpkg/commands.version.h>
@@ -41,6 +42,47 @@ static void invalid_command(const std::string& cmd)
     Checks::exit_fail(VCPKG_LINE_INFO);
 }
 
+static bool detect_container(vcpkg::Filesystem& fs)
+{
+    (void)fs;
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+    if (test_registry_key(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, R"(SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\cexecsvc)"))
+    {
+        Debug::println("Detected Container Execution Service");
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    auto username = get_username();
+    if (username == L"ContainerUser" || username == L"ContainerAdministrator")
+    {
+        Debug::println("Detected container username");
+        return true;
+    }
+#elif defined(__linux__)
+    if (fs.exists("/.dockerenv", IgnoreErrors{}))
+    {
+        Debug::println("Detected /.dockerenv file");
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // check /proc/1/cgroup, if we're running in a container then the control group for each hierarchy will be:
+    //   /docker/<containerid>, or
+    //   /lxc/<containerid>
+    //
+    // Example of /proc/1/cgroup contents:
+    // 2:memory:/docker/66a5f8000f3f2e2a19c3f7d60d870064d26996bdfe77e40df7e3fc955b811d14
+    // 1:name=systemd:/docker/66a5f8000f3f2e2a19c3f7d60d870064d26996bdfe77e40df7e3fc955b811d14
+    // 0::/docker/66a5f8000f3f2e2a19c3f7d60d870064d26996bdfe77e40df7e3fc955b811d14
+    auto cgroup_contents = fs.read_contents("/proc/1/cgroup", IgnoreErrors{});
+    if (detect_docker_in_cgroup_file(cgroup_contents, "/proc/1/cgroup"))
+    {
+        Debug::println("Detected docker in cgroup");
+        return true;
+    }
+#endif
+    return false;
+}
+
 static void inner(vcpkg::Filesystem& fs, const VcpkgCmdArguments& args)
 {
     // track version on each invocation
@@ -68,6 +110,14 @@ static void inner(vcpkg::Filesystem& fs, const VcpkgCmdArguments& args)
         }
     };
 
+    {
+        auto metrics = LockGuardPtr<Metrics>(g_metrics);
+        if (metrics->metrics_enabled())
+        {
+            metrics->track_bool_property(BoolMetric::DetectedContainer, detect_container(fs));
+        }
+    }
+
     LockGuardPtr<Metrics>(g_metrics)->track_bool_property(BoolMetric::OptionOverlayPorts, !args.overlay_ports.empty());
 
     if (const auto command_function = find_command(Commands::get_available_basic_commands()))
diff --git a/src/vcpkg/base/system.cpp b/src/vcpkg/base/system.cpp
index 7ee4ea399b..7f9e7813a1 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg/base/system.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg/base/system.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
+#include <lmcons.h>
+#include <winbase.h>
 // needed for mingw
 #include <processenv.h>
 #else
@@ -346,6 +348,24 @@ namespace vcpkg
         return hkey_type == REG_SZ || hkey_type == REG_MULTI_SZ || hkey_type == REG_EXPAND_SZ;
     }
 
+    std::wstring get_username()
+    {
+        DWORD buffer_size = UNLEN + 1;
+        std::wstring buffer;
+        buffer.resize(static_cast<size_t>(buffer_size));
+        GetUserNameW(buffer.data(), &buffer_size);
+        buffer.resize(buffer_size);
+        return buffer;
+    }
+
+    bool test_registry_key(void* base_hkey, StringView sub_key)
+    {
+        HKEY k = nullptr;
+        const LSTATUS ec =
+            RegOpenKeyExW(reinterpret_cast<HKEY>(base_hkey), Strings::to_utf16(sub_key).c_str(), 0, KEY_READ, &k);
+        return (ERROR_SUCCESS == ec);
+    }
+
     Optional<std::string> get_registry_string(void* base_hkey, StringView sub_key, StringView valuename)
     {
         HKEY k = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/vcpkg/cgroup-parser.cpp b/src/vcpkg/cgroup-parser.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06939dd2f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vcpkg/cgroup-parser.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#include <vcpkg/base/parse.h>
+#include <vcpkg/base/stringview.h>
+#include <vcpkg/base/system.debug.h>
+#include <vcpkg/base/util.h>
+
+#include <vcpkg/cgroup-parser.h>
+
+namespace vcpkg
+{
+    ControlGroup::ControlGroup(long id, StringView s, StringView c)
+        : hierarchy_id(id), subsystems(s.data(), s.size()), control_group(c.data(), c.size())
+    {
+    }
+
+    // parses /proc/[pid]/cgroup file as specified in https://linux.die.net/man/5/proc
+    // The file describes control groups to which the process/tasks belongs.
+    // For each cgroup hierarchy there is one entry
+    // containing colon-separated fields of the form:
+    //    5:cpuacct,cpu,cpuset:/daemos
+    //
+    // The colon separated fields are, from left to right:
+    //
+    // 1. hierarchy ID number
+    // 2. set of subsystems bound to the hierarchy
+    // 3. control group in the hierarchy to which the process belongs
+    std::vector<ControlGroup> parse_cgroup_file(StringView text, StringView origin)
+    {
+        using P = ParserBase;
+        constexpr auto is_separator_or_lineend = [](auto ch) { return ch == ':' || P::is_lineend(ch); };
+
+        auto parser = ParserBase(text, origin);
+        parser.skip_whitespace();
+
+        std::vector<ControlGroup> ret;
+        while (!parser.at_eof())
+        {
+            auto id = parser.match_until(is_separator_or_lineend);
+            auto maybe_numeric_id = Strings::strto<long>(id);
+            if (!maybe_numeric_id || P::is_lineend(parser.cur()))
+            {
+                ret.clear();
+                break;
+            }
+
+            parser.next();
+            auto subsystems = parser.match_until(is_separator_or_lineend);
+            if (P::is_lineend(parser.cur()))
+            {
+                ret.clear();
+                break;
+            }
+
+            parser.next();
+            auto control_group = parser.match_until(P::is_lineend);
+            parser.skip_whitespace();
+
+            ret.emplace_back(*maybe_numeric_id.get(), subsystems, control_group);
+        }
+
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    bool detect_docker_in_cgroup_file(StringView text, StringView origin)
+    {
+        return Util::any_of(parse_cgroup_file(text, origin), [](auto&& cgroup) {
+            return Strings::starts_with(cgroup.control_group, "/docker") ||
+                   Strings::starts_with(cgroup.control_group, "/lxc");
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/vcpkg/metrics.cpp b/src/vcpkg/metrics.cpp
index a572ea04f4..ba3625aa40 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg/metrics.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg/metrics.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ namespace vcpkg
     }};
 
     const constexpr std::array<BoolMetricEntry, static_cast<size_t>(BoolMetric::COUNT)> all_bool_metrics{{
+        {BoolMetric::DetectedContainer, "detected_container"},
         {BoolMetric::InstallManifestMode, "install_manifest_mode"},
         {BoolMetric::OptionOverlayPorts, "option_overlay_ports"},
     }};