diff --git a/tests/common.bash b/tests/common.bash
index 5f7443dc54..614b468589 100644
--- a/tests/common.bash
+++ b/tests/common.bash
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ function enabling_hypervisor() {
 	declare -r CONTAINERD_SHIM_KATA="/usr/local/bin/containerd-shim-kata-${KATA_HYPERVISOR}-v2"
 
 	case "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" in
-		dragonball|cloud-hypervisor|qemu-runtime-rs)
+		dragonball|cloud-hypervisor|qemu-runtime-rs|qemu-se-runtime-rs)
 			sudo ln -sf "${KATA_DIR}/runtime-rs/bin/containerd-shim-kata-v2" "${CONTAINERD_SHIM_KATA}"
 			declare -r CONFIG_DIR="${KATA_DIR}/share/defaults/kata-containers/runtime-rs"
 			;;
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml
index afda75d4c9..b7eb928b13 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ image:
 k8sDistribution: "k8s"
 env:
   debug: "false"
-  shims: "clh cloud-hypervisor dragonball fc qemu qemu-coco-dev qemu-runtime-rs qemu-sev qemu-snp qemu-tdx stratovirt qemu-nvidia-gpu qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx"
+  shims: "clh cloud-hypervisor dragonball fc qemu qemu-coco-dev qemu-runtime-rs qemu-se-runtime-rs qemu-sev qemu-snp qemu-tdx stratovirt qemu-nvidia-gpu qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx"
   defaultShim: "qemu"
   createRuntimeClasses: "false"
   createDefaultRuntimeClass: "false"
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml
index f1bde9c083..9225deca35 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ spec:
             - name: DEBUG
               value: "false"
             - name: SHIMS
-              value: "clh cloud-hypervisor dragonball fc qemu qemu-coco-dev qemu-runtime-rs qemu-sev qemu-snp qemu-tdx stratovirt qemu-nvidia-gpu qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx"
+              value: "clh cloud-hypervisor dragonball fc qemu qemu-coco-dev qemu-runtime-rs qemu-se-runtime-rs qemu-sev qemu-snp qemu-tdx stratovirt qemu-nvidia-gpu qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx"
             - name: DEFAULT_SHIM
               value: "qemu"
             - name: CREATE_RUNTIMECLASSES
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-qemu-se-runtime-rs.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-qemu-se-runtime-rs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21fe42a896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-qemu-se-runtime-rs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+kind: RuntimeClass
+apiVersion: node.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+    name: kata-qemu-se-runtime-rs
+handler: kata-qemu-se-runtime-rs
+overhead:
+    podFixed:
+        memory: "160Mi"
+        cpu: "250m"
+scheduling:
+  nodeSelector:
+    katacontainers.io/kata-runtime: "true"
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-runtimeClasses.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-runtimeClasses.yaml
index 82a5c650c6..01e13b7234 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-runtimeClasses.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-runtimeClasses.yaml
@@ -118,6 +118,19 @@ scheduling:
 ---
 kind: RuntimeClass
 apiVersion: node.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+    name: kata-qemu-se-runtime-rs
+handler: kata-qemu-se-runtime-rs
+overhead:
+    podFixed:
+        memory: "160Mi"
+        cpu: "250m"
+scheduling:
+  nodeSelector:
+    katacontainers.io/kata-runtime: "true"
+---
+kind: RuntimeClass
+apiVersion: node.k8s.io/v1
 metadata:
     name: kata-qemu-se
 handler: kata-qemu-se
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
index c8e298338e..761cff4bab 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ function get_kata_containers_config_path() {
 	# Map the runtime shim name to the appropriate configuration
 	# file directory.
 	case "$shim" in
-		cloud-hypervisor | dragonball | qemu-runtime-rs) config_path="$rust_config_path" ;;
+		cloud-hypervisor | dragonball | qemu-runtime-rs | qemu-se-runtime-rs) config_path="$rust_config_path" ;;
 		*) config_path="$golang_config_path" ;;
 	esac
 
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ function get_kata_containers_runtime_path() {
 
 	local runtime_path
 	case "$shim" in
-		cloud-hypervisor | dragonball | qemu-runtime-rs)
+		cloud-hypervisor | dragonball | qemu-runtime-rs | qemu-se-runtime-rs)
 			runtime_path="${dest_dir}/runtime-rs/bin/containerd-shim-kata-v2"
 			;;
 		*)