diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c1c59761..1abf5ef3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 **/target
 **/.vscode
 src/agent/src/version.rs
+src/agent/kata-agent.service
diff --git a/src/agent/Cargo.lock b/src/agent/Cargo.lock
index 6a7b14895..c1f2fb3fb 100644
--- a/src/agent/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/agent/Cargo.lock
@@ -119,6 +119,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "time",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cloudabi"
+version = "0.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ddfc5b9aa5d4507acaf872de71051dfd0e309860e88966e1051e462a077aac4f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "constant_time_eq"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -305,6 +314,15 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3286f09f7d4926fc486334f28d8d2e6ebe4f7f9994494b6dab27ddfad2c9b11b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lock_api"
+version = "0.3.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c4da24a77a3d8a6d4862d95f72e6fdb9c09a643ecdb402d754004a557f2bec75"
+dependencies = [
+ "scopeguard",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.4.8"
@@ -416,6 +434,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "parking_lot"
+version = "0.10.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3a704eb390aafdc107b0e392f56a82b668e3a71366993b5340f5833fd62505e"
+dependencies = [
+ "lock_api",
+ "parking_lot_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "parking_lot_core"
+version = "0.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d58c7c768d4ba344e3e8d72518ac13e259d7c7ade24167003b8488e10b6740a3"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cloudabi",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "smallvec",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "path-absolutize"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -448,7 +490,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "059a34f111a9dee2ce1ac2826a68b24601c4298cfeb1a587c3cb493d5ab46f52"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "nix 0.17.0",
+ "nix 0.18.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -659,6 +701,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
+ "serial_test",
  "slog",
  "slog-scope",
  "tempfile",
@@ -713,6 +756,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serial_test"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b15f74add9a9d4a3eb2bf739c9a427d266d3895b53d992c3a7c234fec2ff1f1"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "serial_test_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serial_test_derive"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "65f59259be9fc1bf677d06cc1456e97756004a1a5a577480f71430bd7c17ba33"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook"
 version = "0.1.15"
@@ -780,6 +845,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "slog",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "smallvec"
+version = "1.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fbee7696b84bbf3d89a1c2eccff0850e3047ed46bfcd2e92c29a2d074d57e252"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "spin"
 version = "0.5.2"
diff --git a/src/agent/rustjail/Cargo.toml b/src/agent/rustjail/Cargo.toml
index 6aaebe855..72b9e9bf6 100644
--- a/src/agent/rustjail/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/agent/rustjail/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ dirs = "3.0.1"
 anyhow = "1.0.32"
 cgroups = { git = "https://github.com/kata-containers/cgroups-rs", branch = "stable-0.1.1"}
 tempfile = "3.1.0"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+serial_test = "0.5.0"
diff --git a/src/agent/rustjail/src/lib.rs b/src/agent/rustjail/src/lib.rs
index 6c14ed8a0..e71b7c643 100644
--- a/src/agent/rustjail/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/agent/rustjail/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 #![allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
 // #![allow(unused_comparisons)]
 #[macro_use]
+#[cfg(test)]
+extern crate serial_test;
+#[macro_use]
 extern crate serde;
 extern crate serde_json;
 #[macro_use]
diff --git a/src/agent/rustjail/src/mount.rs b/src/agent/rustjail/src/mount.rs
index 001101cc6..34d4ae188 100644
--- a/src/agent/rustjail/src/mount.rs
+++ b/src/agent/rustjail/src/mount.rs
@@ -968,6 +968,7 @@ mod tests {
     use tempfile::tempdir;
 
     #[test]
+    #[serial(chdir)]
     fn test_init_rootfs() {
         let stdout_fd = std::io::stdout().as_raw_fd();
         let mut spec = oci::Spec::default();
@@ -1052,6 +1053,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[serial(chdir)]
     fn test_mount_cgroups() {
         let stdout_fd = std::io::stdout().as_raw_fd();
         let mount = oci::Mount {
@@ -1093,12 +1095,14 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[serial(chdir)]
     fn test_pivot_root() {
         let ret = pivot_rootfs("/tmp");
         assert!(ret.is_ok(), "Should pass. Got: {:?}", ret);
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[serial(chdir)]
     fn test_ms_move_rootfs() {
         let ret = ms_move_root("/abc");
         assert!(
@@ -1132,6 +1136,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[serial(chdir)]
     fn test_finish_rootfs() {
         let stdout_fd = std::io::stdout().as_raw_fd();
         let mut spec = oci::Spec::default();
@@ -1167,6 +1172,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[serial(chdir)]
     fn test_mknod_dev() {
         skip_if_not_root!();