diff --git a/podvm/files/etc/systemd/system/kata-agent.service b/podvm/files/etc/systemd/system/kata-agent.service
index 47d20c741f..c2d3708799 100644
--- a/podvm/files/etc/systemd/system/kata-agent.service
+++ b/podvm/files/etc/systemd/system/kata-agent.service
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ After=netns@podns.service process-user-data.service
 
 [Service]
 ExecStartPre=mkdir -p /run/kata-containers
+ExecStartPre=mkdir -p /run/peerpod
+ExecStartPre=-ln -s /etc/agent-config.toml /run/peerpod/agent-config.toml
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/kata-agent --config /run/peerpod/agent-config.toml
 ExecStartPre=-umount /sys/fs/cgroup/misc
 ExecStopPost=/usr/local/bin/kata-agent-clean --config /run/peerpod/agent-config.toml