diff --git a/src/agent/src/image.rs b/src/agent/src/image.rs
index 151ab89433..66b9e195d4 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/image.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/image.rs
@@ -5,20 +5,32 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
 
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
-use crate::sandbox::Sandbox;
+
+#[rustfmt::skip]
+lazy_static! {
+    pub static ref IMAGE_SERVICE: Mutex<Option<ImageService>> = Mutex::new(None);
+}
 
 // Convenience function to obtain the scope logger.
 fn sl() -> slog::Logger {
     slog_scope::logger().new(o!("subsystem" => "image"))
 }
 
-pub struct ImageService {
-    sandbox: Arc<Mutex<Sandbox>>,
-}
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct ImageService {}
 impl ImageService {
-    pub fn new(sandbox: Arc<Mutex<Sandbox>>) -> Self {
-        Self { sandbox }
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {}
+    }
+
+    /// Get the singleton instance of image service.
+    pub async fn singleton() -> Result<ImageService> {
+        IMAGE_SERVICE
+            .lock()
+            .await
+            .clone()
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("image service is uninitialized"))
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/agent/src/main.rs b/src/agent/src/main.rs
index 8bb7fa0423..7e7979b10c 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/main.rs
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ async fn start_sandbox(
     sandbox.lock().await.sender = Some(tx);
 
     // vsock:///dev/vsock, port
-    let mut server = rpc::start(sandbox.clone(), config.server_addr.as_str(), init_mode)?;
+    let mut server = rpc::start(sandbox.clone(), config.server_addr.as_str(), init_mode).await?;
     server.start().await?;
 
     rx.await?;
diff --git a/src/agent/src/rpc.rs b/src/agent/src/rpc.rs
index 56cff23edb..1d5558fecd 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/rpc.rs
@@ -1584,7 +1584,11 @@ async fn read_stream(reader: &Mutex<ReadHalf<PipeStream>>, l: usize) -> Result<V
     Ok(content)
 }
 
-pub fn start(s: Arc<Mutex<Sandbox>>, server_address: &str, init_mode: bool) -> Result<TtrpcServer> {
+pub async fn start(
+    s: Arc<Mutex<Sandbox>>,
+    server_address: &str,
+    init_mode: bool,
+) -> Result<TtrpcServer> {
     let agent_service = Box::new(AgentService {
         sandbox: s,
         init_mode,
@@ -1594,6 +1598,9 @@ pub fn start(s: Arc<Mutex<Sandbox>>, server_address: &str, init_mode: bool) -> R
     let health_service = Box::new(HealthService {}) as Box<dyn health_ttrpc::Health + Send + Sync>;
     let hservice = health_ttrpc::create_health(Arc::new(health_service));
 
+    let image_service = image::ImageService::new();
+    *image::IMAGE_SERVICE.lock().await = Some(image_service.clone());
+
     let server = TtrpcServer::new()
         .bind(server_address)?
         .register_service(aservice)