diff --git a/src/runtime/Makefile b/src/runtime/Makefile
index bde1e22feb..35a9ae5e19 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime/Makefile
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ USER_VARS += DEFENTROPYSOURCE
 USER_VARS += DEFVALIDENTROPYSOURCES
 USER_VARS += DEFSANDBOXCGROUPONLY
 USER_VARS += DEFSTATICRESOURCEMGMT
+USER_VARS += DEFSTATICRESOURCEMGMT_CLH
 USER_VARS += DEFSTATICRESOURCEMGMT_FC
 USER_VARS += DEFSTATICRESOURCEMGMT_TEE
 USER_VARS += DEFBINDMOUNTS
diff --git a/src/runtime/arch/amd64-options.mk b/src/runtime/arch/amd64-options.mk
index ab2b1d2d2c..e6068158cf 100644
--- a/src/runtime/arch/amd64-options.mk
+++ b/src/runtime/arch/amd64-options.mk
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ ACRNCTLCMD := acrnctl
 
 # cloud-hypervisor binary name
 CLHCMD := cloud-hypervisor
+
+DEFSTATICRESOURCEMGMT_CLH := false
diff --git a/src/runtime/arch/arm64-options.mk b/src/runtime/arch/arm64-options.mk
index ad5ef5d43f..7f74ae3111 100644
--- a/src/runtime/arch/arm64-options.mk
+++ b/src/runtime/arch/arm64-options.mk
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ FCJAILERCMD := jailer
 
 # cloud-hypervisor binary name
 CLHCMD := cloud-hypervisor
+
+DEFSTATICRESOURCEMGMT_CLH := true
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-clh.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-clh.toml.in
index 623357e613..e3c584a53c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-clh.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-clh.toml.in
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ sandbox_cgroup_only=@DEFSANDBOXCGROUPONLY@
 # - When running with pods, sandbox sizing information will only be available if using Kubernetes >= 1.23 and containerd >= 1.6. CRI-O
 #   does not yet support sandbox sizing annotations.
 # - When running single containers using a tool like ctr, container sizing information will be available.
-static_sandbox_resource_mgmt=@DEFSTATICRESOURCEMGMT@
+static_sandbox_resource_mgmt=@DEFSTATICRESOURCEMGMT_CLH@
 
 # If specified, sandbox_bind_mounts identifieds host paths to be mounted (ro) into the sandboxes shared path.
 # This is only valid if filesystem sharing is utilized. The provided path(s) will be bindmounted into the shared fs directory.