diff --git a/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/deployments/workaround-9206-crio-ds.yaml b/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/deployments/workaround-9206-crio-ds.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a5cf8a5ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/deployments/workaround-9206-crio-ds.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: workaround-9206-crio-ds
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: workaround-9206-crio-ds
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: workaround-9206-crio-ds
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: workaround-9206-crio-ds
+        image: alpine
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: host-dir
+          mountPath: /tmp/config
+        securityContext:
+          runAsUser: 0
+          privileged: true
+        command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "while [ ! -f '/tmp/config/10-workaround-9206-crio' ]; do sleep 1; done; echo 'Config file present'; sleep infinity"]
+      volumes:
+      - name: host-dir
+        hostPath:
+          path: /etc/crio/crio.conf.d/
diff --git a/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/deployments/workaround-9206-crio.yaml b/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/deployments/workaround-9206-crio.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18313a0b5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/deployments/workaround-9206-crio.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
+kind: MachineConfig
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: worker
+  name: 10-workaround-9206-crio
+spec:
+  config:
+    ignition:
+      version: 2.2.0
+    storage:
+      files:
+      - contents:
+              source: data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,W2NyaW9dCnN0b3JhZ2Vfb3B0aW9uID0gWwoJIm92ZXJsYXkuc2tpcF9tb3VudF9ob21lPXRydWUiLApdCg==
+        filesystem: root
+        mode: 0644
+        path: /etc/crio/crio.conf.d/10-workaround-9206-crio
diff --git a/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/install_kata.sh b/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/install_kata.sh
index eaca843a63..ef719f7482 100755
--- a/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/install_kata.sh
+++ b/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/install_kata.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ KATA_WITH_SYSTEM_QEMU=${KATA_WITH_SYSTEM_QEMU:-no}
 #
 KATA_WITH_HOST_KERNEL=${KATA_WITH_HOST_KERNEL:-no}
 
+# Enable workaround for OCP 4.13 https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/pull/9206
+#
+WORKAROUND_9206_CRIO=${WORKAROUND_9206_CRIO:-no}
+
 # Leverage kata-deploy to install Kata Containers in the cluster.
 #
 apply_kata_deploy() {
@@ -224,6 +228,13 @@ if [ ${SELINUX_PERMISSIVE} == "yes" ]; then
 	wait_for_reboot
 fi
 
+if [[ "$WORKAROUND_9206_CRIO" == "yes" ]]; then
+	info "Applying workaround to enable skip_mount_home in crio on OCP 4.13"
+	oc apply -f "${deployments_dir}/workaround-9206-crio.yaml"
+	oc apply -f "${deployments_dir}/workaround-9206-crio-ds.yaml"
+	wait_for_app_pods_message workaround-9206-crio-ds "$num_nodes" "Config file present" 1200 || echo "Failed to apply the workaround, proceeding anyway..."
+fi
+
 # FIXME: Remove when https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/pull/8417 is resolved
 # Selinux context is currently not handled by kata-deploy
 oc apply -f ${deployments_dir}/relabel_selinux.yaml