diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b7b3d9094..7d2b0f5fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [0.20.3-rc1]
+### Changed
+- ProcFs generator now allows files to be copied from host verbatim.
+
 ## [0.20.3-rc0]
 ### Added
 - ProcFs generator is now suitable for use.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 06cd4326f..8ffec4992 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lading"
-version = "0.20.3-rc0"
+version = "0.20.3-rc1"
 dependencies = [
  "async-pidfd",
  "byte-unit",
diff --git a/lading/Cargo.toml b/lading/Cargo.toml
index 2b23d2cba..0898ba24c 100644
--- a/lading/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lading/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lading"
-version = "0.20.3-rc0"
+version = "0.20.3-rc1"
 authors = ["Brian L. Troutwine <brian.troutwine@datadoghq.com>", "George Hahn <george.hahn@datadoghq.com"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/lading/src/generator/procfs.rs b/lading/src/generator/procfs.rs
index bb14a6915..54e5e5a75 100644
--- a/lading/src/generator/procfs.rs
+++ b/lading/src/generator/procfs.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 //! use Rust's C-compatible data types.
 
 use std::fs;
+use std::path::StripPrefixError;
+use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::{fs::File, io::Write, num::NonZeroU32, path::PathBuf};
 
 use lading_payload::procfs;
@@ -23,6 +25,16 @@ pub enum Error {
     /// Wrapper around [`std::io::Error`]
     #[error("Io error: {0}")]
     Io(#[from] ::std::io::Error),
+    /// Unable to strip prefix from passed copy file
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Strip(#[from] StripPrefixError),
+}
+
+fn default_copy_from_host() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    vec![
+        PathBuf::from_str("/proc/uptime").unwrap(),
+        PathBuf::from_str("/proc/stat").unwrap(),
+    ]
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
@@ -34,6 +46,9 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub root: PathBuf,
     /// Total number of processes created
     pub total_processes: NonZeroU32,
+    /// Files to copy from host /proc to `root`.
+    #[serde(default = "default_copy_from_host")]
+    pub copy_from_host: Vec<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 /// The procfs generator.
@@ -120,6 +135,17 @@ impl ProcFs {
             }
         }
 
+        // SAFETY: By construction this pathbuf cannot fail to be created.
+        let prefix = PathBuf::from_str("/proc").unwrap();
+
+        for path in &config.copy_from_host {
+            let base = path.strip_prefix(&prefix)?;
+            let mut new_path = config.root.clone();
+            new_path.push(base);
+
+            fs::copy(path, new_path)?;
+        }
+
         Ok(Self { shutdown })
     }