diff --git a/Sources/ContainerK8s/Support/K8sHelper+Bootstrap.swift b/Sources/ContainerK8s/Support/K8sHelper+Bootstrap.swift
index 720794515..0ee5e0def 100644
--- a/Sources/ContainerK8s/Support/K8sHelper+Bootstrap.swift
+++ b/Sources/ContainerK8s/Support/K8sHelper+Bootstrap.swift
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ extension K8sHelper {
             throw ContainerizationError(.internalError, message: "write kubeadm config failed on \(nodeID): \(r.output)")
         }
 
+        r = try await execCapture(
+            containerId: nodeID, executable: "/bin/sh",
+            arguments: ["-c", "mkdir -p /kind && ln -sf /etc/kubernetes/kubeadm-config.yaml /kind/kubeadm.conf"],
+            client: client)
+        guard r.code == 0 else {
+            throw ContainerizationError(.internalError, message: "failed to link kind kubeadm config on \(nodeID): \(r.output)")
+        }
+
         log.info("Running kubeadm init", metadata: ["node": "\(nodeID)"])
         r = try await execCapture(
             containerId: nodeID, executable: kubeadmPath,
diff --git a/Tests/IntegrationTests/K8s/TestK8sRunSerial.swift b/Tests/IntegrationTests/K8s/TestK8sRunSerial.swift
index 04f17e02d..4996795bc 100644
--- a/Tests/IntegrationTests/K8s/TestK8sRunSerial.swift
+++ b/Tests/IntegrationTests/K8s/TestK8sRunSerial.swift
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ struct TestK8sRunSerial {
             print("[k8s-run] container status=\(containerStatus)")
             #expect(containerStatus == "running")
 
+            let checkResult = try f.run(["exec", name, "test", "-f", "/kind/kubeadm.conf"])
+            #expect(checkResult.status == 0)
+
             let kubeconfig = try loadKubeconfig()
 
             let clusters = (kubeconfig["clusters"] as? [[String: Any]]) ?? []