diff --git a/runtime/docker/docker.go b/runtime/docker/docker.go
index 806e9bf7e..673d7cb10 100644
--- a/runtime/docker/docker.go
+++ b/runtime/docker/docker.go
@@ -1044,3 +1044,26 @@ func (d *DockerRuntime) IsHealthy(ctx context.Context, cID string) (bool, error)
 	}
 	return inspect.State.Health.Status == "healthy", nil
 }
+
+func (d *DockerRuntime) WriteToStdinNoWait(ctx context.Context, cID string, data []byte) error {
+
+	stdin, err := d.Client.ContainerAttach(ctx, cID, container.AttachOptions{
+		Stdin:  true,
+		Stream: true,
+		Stdout: true,
+		Stderr: true,
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Debugf("Writing to %s: %v", cID, data)
+
+	_, err = stdin.Conn.Write(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return stdin.Conn.Close()
+}
diff --git a/runtime/ignite/ignite.go b/runtime/ignite/ignite.go
index ed8f41b59..54cddf066 100644
--- a/runtime/ignite/ignite.go
+++ b/runtime/ignite/ignite.go
@@ -471,3 +471,8 @@ func (*IgniteRuntime) IsHealthy(_ context.Context, _ string) (bool, error) {
 	log.Errorf("function GetContainerHealth(...) not implemented in the Containerlab IgniteRuntime")
 	return true, nil
 }
+
+func (*IgniteRuntime) WriteToStdinNoWait(ctx context.Context, cID string, data []byte) error {
+	log.Infof("WriteToStdinNoWait is not yet implemented for Ignite runtime")
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/runtime/runtime.go b/runtime/runtime.go
index 6d8571600..3167ba618 100644
--- a/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ type ContainerRuntime interface {
 	GetContainerStatus(ctx context.Context, cID string) ContainerStatus
 	// IsHealthy returns true is the container is reported as being healthy, false otherwise
 	IsHealthy(ctx context.Context, cID string) (bool, error)
+	// Immediately write to the stdin of a container, returns error
+	WriteToStdinNoWait(ctx context.Context, cID string, data []byte) error
 }
 
 type ContainerStatus string