diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
index f74b70014a..3473a3defd 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ function configure_containerd_runtime() {
 [$runtime_table]
   runtime_type = "${runtime_type}"
   cri_handler = "cc"
+  snapshotter = "${SNAPSHOTTER}"
   privileged_without_host_devices = true
   pod_annotations = ["io.katacontainers.*"]
 EOF
@@ -414,6 +415,7 @@ function main() {
 	echo "* DEFAULT_SHIM: ${DEFAULT_SHIM}"
 	echo "* CREATE_RUNTIMECLASSES: ${CREATE_RUNTIMECLASSES}"
 	echo "* CREATE_DEFAULT_RUNTIMECLASS: ${CREATE_DEFAULT_RUNTIMECLASS}"
+	echo "* SNAPSHOTTER: ${SNAPSHOTTER}"
 
 	# script requires that user is root
 	euid=$(id -u)