diff --git a/checkpointctl.go b/checkpointctl.go
index cd64d07c..1ffa511b 100644
--- a/checkpointctl.go
+++ b/checkpointctl.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ var (
 	psTreeCmd      bool
 	psTreeEnv      bool
 	files          bool
+	sockets        bool
 	showAll        bool
 )
 
@@ -127,6 +128,12 @@ func setupInspect() *cobra.Command {
 		false,
 		"Display the open file descriptors for processes in the container checkpoint",
 	)
+	flags.BoolVar(
+		&sockets,
+		"sockets",
+		false,
+		"Display the open sockets for processes in the container checkpoint",
+	)
 	flags.BoolVar(
 		&showAll,
 		"all",
@@ -150,6 +157,7 @@ func inspect(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		psTreeCmd = true
 		psTreeEnv = true
 		files = true
+		sockets = true
 	}
 
 	requiredFiles := []string{metadata.SpecDumpFile, metadata.ConfigDumpFile}
@@ -170,12 +178,24 @@ func inspect(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		psTree = true
 		requiredFiles = append(
 			requiredFiles,
+			// Unpack files.img, fs-*.img, ids-*.img, fdinfo-*.img
 			filepath.Join(metadata.CheckpointDirectory, "files.img"),
-			// fs-*.img
 			filepath.Join(metadata.CheckpointDirectory, "fs-"),
-			// ids-*.img
 			filepath.Join(metadata.CheckpointDirectory, "ids-"),
-			// fdinfo-*.img
+			filepath.Join(metadata.CheckpointDirectory, "fdinfo-"),
+		)
+	}
+
+	if sockets {
+		// Enable displaying process tree, even if it is not passed.
+		// This is necessary to attach the sockets to the processes
+		// that opened them and display this in the tree.
+		psTree = true
+		requiredFiles = append(
+			requiredFiles,
+			// Unpack files.img, ids-*.img, fdinfo-*.img
+			filepath.Join(metadata.CheckpointDirectory, "files.img"),
+			filepath.Join(metadata.CheckpointDirectory, "ids-"),
 			filepath.Join(metadata.CheckpointDirectory, "fdinfo-"),
 		)
 	}
@@ -195,8 +215,8 @@ func inspect(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if psTree {
 		requiredFiles = append(
 			requiredFiles,
+			// Unpack pstree.img, core-*.img
 			filepath.Join(metadata.CheckpointDirectory, "pstree.img"),
-			// core-*.img
 			filepath.Join(metadata.CheckpointDirectory, "core-"),
 		)
 	}
diff --git a/test/checkpointctl.bats b/test/checkpointctl.bats
index d77cd3a5..a83a11ed 100644
--- a/test/checkpointctl.bats
+++ b/test/checkpointctl.bats
@@ -376,6 +376,32 @@ function teardown() {
 	[[ ${lines[0]} == *"failed to get file descriptors"* ]]
 }
 
+@test "Run checkpointctl inspect with tar file and --sockets" {
+	cp data/config.dump \
+		data/spec.dump "$TEST_TMP_DIR1"
+	mkdir "$TEST_TMP_DIR1"/checkpoint
+	cp test-imgs/pstree.img \
+		test-imgs/core-*.img \
+		test-imgs/files.img \
+		test-imgs/ids-*.img \
+		test-imgs/fdinfo-*.img "$TEST_TMP_DIR1"/checkpoint
+	( cd "$TEST_TMP_DIR1" && tar cf "$TEST_TMP_DIR2"/test.tar . )
+	checkpointctl inspect "$TEST_TMP_DIR2"/test.tar --sockets
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "Run checkpointctl inspect with tar file and --sockets and missing files.img" {
+	cp data/config.dump \
+		data/spec.dump "$TEST_TMP_DIR1"
+	mkdir "$TEST_TMP_DIR1"/checkpoint
+	cp test-imgs/pstree.img \
+		test-imgs/core-*.img "$TEST_TMP_DIR1"/checkpoint
+	( cd "$TEST_TMP_DIR1" && tar cf "$TEST_TMP_DIR2"/test.tar . )
+	checkpointctl inspect "$TEST_TMP_DIR2"/test.tar --sockets
+	[ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+	[[ ${lines[0]} == *"failed to get sockets"* ]]
+}
+
 @test "Run checkpointctl inspect with tar file and --ps-tree and valid PID" {
 	cp data/config.dump \
 		data/spec.dump "$TEST_TMP_DIR1"
diff --git a/tree.go b/tree.go
index 8fdc8c02..25a46c7a 100644
--- a/tree.go
+++ b/tree.go
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ func renderTreeView(tasks []task) error {
 			addFdsToTree(tree, fds)
 		}
 
+		if sockets {
+			c := crit.New(nil, nil, filepath.Join(task.outputDir, "checkpoint"), false, false)
+			fds, err := c.ExploreSk()
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to get sockets: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			addSkToTree(tree, fds)
+		}
+
 		if mounts {
 			addMountsToTree(tree, info.specDump)
 		}
@@ -181,6 +191,54 @@ func addFdsToTree(tree treeprint.Tree, fds []*crit.Fd) {
 	}
 }
 
+func addSkToTree(tree treeprint.Tree, sks []*crit.Sk) {
+	var node treeprint.Tree
+	for _, sk := range sks {
+		node = tree.FindByMeta(sk.PId)
+		// If FindByMeta returns nil, then the node with
+		// the PID has been pruned while building the tree.
+		// Hence, skip all associated sockets.
+		if node == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		nodeSubtree := node.AddBranch("Open sockets")
+		var data string
+		var protocol string
+		for _, socket := range sk.Sockets {
+			protocol = socket.Protocol
+			switch socket.FdType {
+			case "UNIXSK":
+				// UNIX sockets do not have a protocol assigned.
+				// Hence, the meta value for the socket is just
+				// the socket type.
+				protocol = fmt.Sprintf("UNIX (%s)", socket.Type)
+				data = socket.SrcAddr
+				if len(data) == 0 {
+					// Use an abstract socket address
+					data = "@"
+				}
+			case "INETSK":
+				if protocol == "TCP" {
+					protocol = fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", socket.Protocol, socket.State)
+				}
+				data = fmt.Sprintf(
+					"%s:%d -> %s:%d (↑ %s ↓ %s)",
+					socket.SrcAddr, socket.SrcPort,
+					socket.DestAddr, socket.DestPort,
+					socket.SendBuf, socket.RecvBuf,
+				)
+			case "PACKETSK":
+				data = fmt.Sprintf("↑ %s ↓ %s", socket.SendBuf, socket.RecvBuf)
+			case "NETLINKSK":
+				data = fmt.Sprintf("↑ %s ↓ %s", socket.SendBuf, socket.RecvBuf)
+			}
+
+			nodeSubtree.AddMetaBranch(protocol, data)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Recursively updates the Comm field of the psTree struct with the command line arguments
 // from process memory pages
 func updatePsTreeCommToCmdline(checkpointOutputDir string, psTree *crit.PsTree) error {