diff --git a/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/templates/control-plane.yaml b/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/templates/control-plane.yaml
index 72352f0..2c4f685 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/templates/control-plane.yaml
+++ b/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/templates/control-plane.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ spec:
         name: {{ "'{{ local_hostname }}'" }}
         kubeletExtraArgs:
           cloud-provider: external
+          serialize-image-pulls: "true"
           node-labels: {{- include "openstack.nodelabels.control-plane" . | nindent 12 }}
         taints:
           {{- include "openstack.taints.control-plane" . | nindent 8 }}
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ spec:
         name: {{ "'{{ local_hostname }}'" }}
         kubeletExtraArgs:
           cloud-provider: external
+          serialize-image-pulls: "true"
           node-labels: {{- include "openstack.nodelabels.control-plane" . | nindent 12 }}
         taints:
           {{- include "openstack.taints.control-plane" . | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/templates/workload.yaml b/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/templates/workload.yaml
index 165e2f1..53c2ca4 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/templates/workload.yaml
+++ b/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/templates/workload.yaml
@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@ spec:
         path: {{ $file.path }}
         permissions: "0600"
       {{- end }}
+      {{- with $config := $pool.kubelet -}}
+      {{ $_ := set $config "apiVersion" "kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1" -}}
+      {{ $_ := set $config "kind" "KubeletConfiguration" }}
+      - path: /etc/kubernetes/patches/kubeletconfiguration0+strategic.json
+        owner: "root:root"
+        permissions: "0644"
+        content: |
+          {{ $config | toJson }}
+      {{- end }}
       joinConfiguration:
         nodeRegistration:
           name: {{ "'{{ local_hostname }}'" }}
@@ -115,4 +124,8 @@ spec:
             node-labels: {{- include "openstack.nodelabels.workload" $context | nindent 14 }}
           taints:
             {{- include "openstack.taints.workload" $ | nindent 10 }}
+        {{- if $pool.kubelet }}
+        patches:
+          directory: /etc/kubernetes/patches
+        {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/values.yaml b/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/values.yaml
index 38ad648..1960aaa 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/cluster-api-cluster-openstack/values.yaml
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ controlPlane:
 #    - path: /etc/cat
 #      content: bWVvdw==
 #
+#    # Additional configuration to be passed to the kubelet can be specifed here
+#    kubelet:
+#      # For example:
+#      serializeImagePulls: "false"
+#
 #    # Enable or disable cluster autoscaling.
 #    # This object is considered immutable.
 #    autoscaling: