diff --git a/modules/ignition/resources/services/kubelet.service b/modules/ignition/resources/services/kubelet.service
index ba86d4514e1..999b5c985e0 100644
--- a/modules/ignition/resources/services/kubelet.service
+++ b/modules/ignition/resources/services/kubelet.service
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/hyperkube \
     --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig \
     --kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig \
     --rotate-certificates \
+    --container-runtime=remote \
+    --container-runtime-endpoint=unix:///var/run/crio/crio.sock \
+    --runtime-request-timeout=10m \
     --cni-conf-dir=/etc/kubernetes/cni/net.d \
     --cni-bin-dir=/var/lib/cni/bin \
     --network-plugin=cni \