diff --git a/pkg/devcontainer/config/feature.go b/pkg/devcontainer/config/feature.go
index 55d0fd9e8..334ee31fe 100644
--- a/pkg/devcontainer/config/feature.go
+++ b/pkg/devcontainer/config/feature.go
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ type FeatureConfig struct {
 	// Container environment variables.
 	ContainerEnv map[string]string `json:"containerEnv,omitempty"`
 
-	// Tool-specific configuration. Each tool should use a JSON object subproperty with a unique name to group its customizations.
-	Customizations map[string]interface{} `json:"customizations,omitempty"`
+	DevContainerActions `json:",inline"`
 
 	// Origin is the path where the feature was loaded from
 	Origin string `json:"-"`
diff --git a/pkg/devcontainer/metadata/metadata.go b/pkg/devcontainer/metadata/metadata.go
index 2aa59e731..afb4d6049 100644
--- a/pkg/devcontainer/metadata/metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/devcontainer/metadata/metadata.go
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ func FeatureConfigToImageMetadata(feature *config.FeatureConfig) *config.ImageMe
 	return &config.ImageMetadata{
 		Entrypoint: feature.Entrypoint,
 		DevContainerActions: config.DevContainerActions{
-			Customizations: feature.Customizations,
+			OnCreateCommand:      feature.OnCreateCommand,
+			UpdateContentCommand: feature.UpdateContentCommand,
+			PostCreateCommand:    feature.PostCreateCommand,
+			PostStartCommand:     feature.PostStartCommand,
+			PostAttachCommand:    feature.PostAttachCommand,
+			Customizations:       feature.Customizations,
 		},
 		NonComposeBase: config.NonComposeBase{
 			Mounts:      feature.Mounts,