diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
index 238d6ae9f03..5f47756ea4f 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
@@ -98,10 +98,6 @@ type KubeletFlags struct {
 	// Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/procthread/scheduling-priorities
 	WindowsPriorityClass string
 
-	// remoteRuntimeEndpoint is the endpoint of remote runtime service
-	RemoteRuntimeEndpoint string
-	// remoteImageEndpoint is the endpoint of remote image service
-	RemoteImageEndpoint string
 	// experimentalMounterPath is the path of mounter binary. Leave empty to use the default mount path
 	ExperimentalMounterPath string
 	// This flag, if set, will avoid including `EvictionHard` limits while computing Node Allocatable.
@@ -323,9 +319,6 @@ func (f *KubeletFlags) AddFlags(mainfs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 
 	fs.StringVar(&f.RootDirectory, "root-dir", f.RootDirectory, "Directory path for managing kubelet files (volume mounts,etc).")
 
-	fs.StringVar(&f.RemoteRuntimeEndpoint, "container-runtime-endpoint", f.RemoteRuntimeEndpoint, "The endpoint of remote runtime service. Unix Domain Sockets are supported on Linux, while npipe and tcp endpoints are supported on Windows. Examples:'unix:///path/to/runtime.sock', 'npipe:////./pipe/runtime'")
-	fs.StringVar(&f.RemoteImageEndpoint, "image-service-endpoint", f.RemoteImageEndpoint, "The endpoint of remote image service. If not specified, it will be the same with --container-runtime-endpoint by default. Unix Domain Socket are supported on Linux, while npipe and tcp endpoints are supported on Windows. Examples:'unix:///path/to/runtime.sock', 'npipe:////./pipe/runtime'")
-
 	// EXPERIMENTAL FLAGS
 	bindableNodeLabels := cliflag.ConfigurationMap(f.NodeLabels)
 	fs.Var(&bindableNodeLabels, "node-labels", fmt.Sprintf("<Warning: Alpha feature> Labels to add when registering the node in the cluster.  Labels must be key=value pairs separated by ','. Labels in the 'kubernetes.io' namespace must begin with an allowed prefix (%s) or be in the specifically allowed set (%s)", strings.Join(kubeletapis.KubeletLabelNamespaces(), ", "), strings.Join(kubeletapis.KubeletLabels(), ", ")))
@@ -399,6 +392,10 @@ func AddKubeletConfigFlags(mainfs *pflag.FlagSet, c *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfig
 	fs.Int32Var(&c.Port, "port", c.Port, "The port for the Kubelet to serve on.")
 	fs.Int32Var(&c.ReadOnlyPort, "read-only-port", c.ReadOnlyPort, "The read-only port for the Kubelet to serve on with no authentication/authorization (set to 0 to disable)")
 
+	// runtime flags
+	fs.StringVar(&c.ContainerRuntimeEndpoint, "container-runtime-endpoint", c.ContainerRuntimeEndpoint, "The endpoint of container runtime service. Unix Domain Sockets are supported on Linux, while npipe and tcp endpoints are supported on Windows. Examples:'unix:///path/to/runtime.sock', 'npipe:////./pipe/runtime'")
+	fs.StringVar(&c.ImageServiceEndpoint, "image-service-endpoint", c.ImageServiceEndpoint, "The endpoint of container image service. If not specified, it will be the same with --container-runtime-endpoint by default. Unix Domain Socket are supported on Linux, while npipe and tcp endpoints are supported on Windows. Examples:'unix:///path/to/runtime.sock', 'npipe:////./pipe/runtime'")
+
 	// Authentication
 	fs.BoolVar(&c.Authentication.Anonymous.Enabled, "anonymous-auth", c.Authentication.Anonymous.Enabled, ""+
 		"Enables anonymous requests to the Kubelet server. Requests that are not rejected by another "+
diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index 9cf57be9722..5b49c84b1e4 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -644,8 +644,8 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, s *options.KubeletServer, kubeDeps *kubelet.Depend
 	}
 
 	if kubeDeps.CAdvisorInterface == nil {
-		imageFsInfoProvider := cadvisor.NewImageFsInfoProvider(s.RemoteRuntimeEndpoint)
-		kubeDeps.CAdvisorInterface, err = cadvisor.New(imageFsInfoProvider, s.RootDirectory, cgroupRoots, cadvisor.UsingLegacyCadvisorStats(s.RemoteRuntimeEndpoint), s.LocalStorageCapacityIsolation)
+		imageFsInfoProvider := cadvisor.NewImageFsInfoProvider(s.ContainerRuntimeEndpoint)
+		kubeDeps.CAdvisorInterface, err = cadvisor.New(imageFsInfoProvider, s.RootDirectory, cgroupRoots, cadvisor.UsingLegacyCadvisorStats(s.ContainerRuntimeEndpoint), s.LocalStorageCapacityIsolation)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, s *options.KubeletServer, kubeDeps *kubelet.Depend
 		klog.InfoS("Failed to ApplyOOMScoreAdj", "err", err)
 	}
 
-	err = kubelet.PreInitRuntimeService(&s.KubeletConfiguration, kubeDeps, s.RemoteRuntimeEndpoint, s.RemoteImageEndpoint)
+	err = kubelet.PreInitRuntimeService(&s.KubeletConfiguration, kubeDeps)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kubemark/hollow-node.go b/cmd/kubemark/hollow-node.go
index b60d3f40acb..02f11c99000 100644
--- a/cmd/kubemark/hollow-node.go
+++ b/cmd/kubemark/hollow-node.go
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, config *hollowNodeConfig) error {
 
 		var imageService internalapi.ImageManagerService = fakeRemoteRuntime.ImageService
 		if config.UseHostImageService {
-			imageService, err = remote.NewRemoteImageService(f.RemoteImageEndpoint, 15*time.Second, oteltrace.NewNoopTracerProvider())
+			imageService, err = remote.NewRemoteImageService(c.ContainerRuntimeEndpoint, 15*time.Second, oteltrace.NewNoopTracerProvider())
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to init image service, error: %w", err)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go b/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
index a1787cb9877..3a848e2a729 100644
--- a/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
+++ b/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
@@ -58629,7 +58629,23 @@ func schema_k8sio_kubelet_config_v1beta1_KubeletConfiguration(ref common.Referen
 							Format:      "",
 						},
 					},
+					"containerRuntimeEndpoint": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Description: "ContainerRuntimeEndpoint is the endpoint of container runtime. unix domain sockets supported on Linux while npipes and tcp endpoints are supported for windows. Examples:'unix:///path/to/runtime.sock', 'npipe:////./pipe/runtime",
+							Default:     "",
+							Type:        []string{"string"},
+							Format:      "",
+						},
+					},
+					"imageServiceEndpoint": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Description: "ImageServiceEndpoint is the endpoint of container image service. If not specified the default value is ContainerRuntimeEndpoint",
+							Type:        []string{"string"},
+							Format:      "",
+						},
+					},
 				},
+				Required: []string{"containerRuntimeEndpoint"},
 			},
 		},
 		Dependencies: []string{
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/fuzzer/fuzzer.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
index 67aea014442..f3d6de4324d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ func Funcs(codecs runtimeserializer.CodecFactory) []interface{} {
 			obj.ConfigMapAndSecretChangeDetectionStrategy = "Watch"
 			obj.AllowedUnsafeSysctls = []string{}
 			obj.VolumePluginDir = kubeletconfigv1beta1.DefaultVolumePluginDir
+			obj.ContainerRuntimeEndpoint = "containerd.sock"
+
 			if obj.Logging.Format == "" {
 				obj.Logging.Format = "text"
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/helpers_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/helpers_test.go
index f791a36dc87..d0e42167091 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/helpers_test.go
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ var (
 		"ShutdownGracePeriod.Duration",
 		"ShutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods.Duration",
 		"MemoryThrottlingFactor",
+		"ContainerRuntimeEndpoint",
+		"ImageServiceEndpoint",
 		"Tracing.Endpoint",
 		"Tracing.SamplingRatePerMillion",
 		"LocalStorageCapacityIsolation",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme/testdata/KubeletConfiguration/after/v1beta1.yaml b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme/testdata/KubeletConfiguration/after/v1beta1.yaml
index cac43f8e1f7..f346d547bc5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme/testdata/KubeletConfiguration/after/v1beta1.yaml
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme/testdata/KubeletConfiguration/after/v1beta1.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ cgroupsPerQOS: true
 configMapAndSecretChangeDetectionStrategy: Watch
 containerLogMaxFiles: 5
 containerLogMaxSize: 10Mi
+containerRuntimeEndpoint: ""
 contentType: application/vnd.kubernetes.protobuf
 cpuCFSQuota: true
 cpuCFSQuotaPeriod: 100ms
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme/testdata/KubeletConfiguration/roundtrip/default/v1beta1.yaml b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme/testdata/KubeletConfiguration/roundtrip/default/v1beta1.yaml
index cac43f8e1f7..0b4f35b30a1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme/testdata/KubeletConfiguration/roundtrip/default/v1beta1.yaml
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme/testdata/KubeletConfiguration/roundtrip/default/v1beta1.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ cgroupsPerQOS: true
 configMapAndSecretChangeDetectionStrategy: Watch
 containerLogMaxFiles: 5
 containerLogMaxSize: 10Mi
+containerRuntimeEndpoint: ""
 contentType: application/vnd.kubernetes.protobuf
 cpuCFSQuota: true
 cpuCFSQuotaPeriod: 100ms
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ httpCheckFrequency: 20s
 imageGCHighThresholdPercent: 85
 imageGCLowThresholdPercent: 80
 imageMinimumGCAge: 2m0s
+imageServiceEndpoint: containerd.sock
 iptablesDropBit: 15
 iptablesMasqueradeBit: 14
 kind: KubeletConfiguration
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/types.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/types.go
index 04432b9fc69..a9ceb7d29b4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/types.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/types.go
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ type KubeletConfiguration struct {
 	// registerNode enables automatic registration with the apiserver.
 	// +optional
 	RegisterNode bool
+
 	// Tracing specifies the versioned configuration for OpenTelemetry tracing clients.
 	// See https://kep.k8s.io/2832 for more details.
 	// +featureGate=KubeletTracing
@@ -465,6 +466,16 @@ type KubeletConfiguration struct {
 	// disabled. Once disabled, user should not set request/limit for container's ephemeral storage, or sizeLimit for emptyDir.
 	// +optional
 	LocalStorageCapacityIsolation bool
+
+	// ContainerRuntimeEndpoint is the endpoint of container runtime.
+	// unix domain sockets supported on Linux while npipes and tcp endpoints are supported for windows.
+	// Examples:'unix:///path/to/runtime.sock', 'npipe:////./pipe/runtime
+	ContainerRuntimeEndpoint string
+
+	// ImageServiceEndpoint is the endpoint of container image service.
+	// If not specified the default value is ContainerRuntimeEndpoint
+	// +optional
+	ImageServiceEndpoint string
 }
 
 // KubeletAuthorizationMode denotes the authorization mode for the kubelet
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/defaults.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/defaults.go
index 4b9397b734f..68eea1079b8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/defaults.go
@@ -264,4 +264,7 @@ func SetDefaults_KubeletConfiguration(obj *kubeletconfigv1beta1.KubeletConfigura
 	if obj.LocalStorageCapacityIsolation == nil {
 		obj.LocalStorageCapacityIsolation = utilpointer.BoolPtr(true)
 	}
+	if obj.ImageServiceEndpoint == "" && obj.ContainerRuntimeEndpoint != "" {
+		obj.ImageServiceEndpoint = obj.ContainerRuntimeEndpoint
+	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/zz_generated.conversion.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/zz_generated.conversion.go
index 3f289820445..43f08cc63c2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/v1beta1/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -512,6 +512,8 @@ func autoConvert_v1beta1_KubeletConfiguration_To_config_KubeletConfiguration(in
 	if err := v1.Convert_Pointer_bool_To_bool(&in.LocalStorageCapacityIsolation, &out.LocalStorageCapacityIsolation, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	out.ContainerRuntimeEndpoint = in.ContainerRuntimeEndpoint
+	out.ImageServiceEndpoint = in.ImageServiceEndpoint
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -691,6 +693,8 @@ func autoConvert_config_KubeletConfiguration_To_v1beta1_KubeletConfiguration(in
 	if err := v1.Convert_bool_To_Pointer_bool(&in.LocalStorageCapacityIsolation, &out.LocalStorageCapacityIsolation, s); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	out.ContainerRuntimeEndpoint = in.ContainerRuntimeEndpoint
+	out.ImageServiceEndpoint = in.ImageServiceEndpoint
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index fac27f9a9df..052c75bf387 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -300,24 +300,16 @@ func makePodSourceConfig(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration, ku
 }
 
 // PreInitRuntimeService will init runtime service before RunKubelet.
-func PreInitRuntimeService(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
-	kubeDeps *Dependencies,
-	remoteRuntimeEndpoint string,
-	remoteImageEndpoint string) error {
-	// remoteImageEndpoint is same as remoteRuntimeEndpoint if not explicitly specified
-	if remoteRuntimeEndpoint != "" && remoteImageEndpoint == "" {
-		remoteImageEndpoint = remoteRuntimeEndpoint
-	}
-
+func PreInitRuntimeService(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration, kubeDeps *Dependencies) error {
 	var err error
-	if kubeDeps.RemoteRuntimeService, err = remote.NewRemoteRuntimeService(remoteRuntimeEndpoint, kubeCfg.RuntimeRequestTimeout.Duration, kubeDeps.TracerProvider); err != nil {
+	if kubeDeps.RemoteRuntimeService, err = remote.NewRemoteRuntimeService(kubeCfg.ContainerRuntimeEndpoint, kubeCfg.RuntimeRequestTimeout.Duration, kubeDeps.TracerProvider); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if kubeDeps.RemoteImageService, err = remote.NewRemoteImageService(remoteImageEndpoint, kubeCfg.RuntimeRequestTimeout.Duration, kubeDeps.TracerProvider); err != nil {
+	if kubeDeps.RemoteImageService, err = remote.NewRemoteImageService(kubeCfg.ImageServiceEndpoint, kubeCfg.RuntimeRequestTimeout.Duration, kubeDeps.TracerProvider); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	kubeDeps.useLegacyCadvisorStats = cadvisor.UsingLegacyCadvisorStats(remoteRuntimeEndpoint)
+	kubeDeps.useLegacyCadvisorStats = cadvisor.UsingLegacyCadvisorStats(kubeCfg.ContainerRuntimeEndpoint)
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubemark/hollow_kubelet.go b/pkg/kubemark/hollow_kubelet.go
index 825b87e16a3..4adba49b503 100644
--- a/pkg/kubemark/hollow_kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubemark/hollow_kubelet.go
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ func GetHollowKubeletConfig(opt *HollowKubeletOptions) (*options.KubeletFlags, *
 	f.MaxPerPodContainerCount = 2
 	f.NodeLabels = opt.NodeLabels
 	f.RegisterSchedulable = true
-	f.RemoteImageEndpoint = "unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock"
 
 	// Config struct
 	c, err := options.NewKubeletConfiguration()
@@ -166,6 +165,7 @@ func GetHollowKubeletConfig(opt *HollowKubeletOptions) (*options.KubeletFlags, *
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
+	c.ImageServiceEndpoint = "unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock"
 	c.StaticPodURL = ""
 	c.EnableServer = true
 	c.Address = "0.0.0.0" /* bind address */
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet/config/v1beta1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet/config/v1beta1/types.go
index 3fab1abbe9c..d73dcddd655 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet/config/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet/config/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -803,6 +803,16 @@ type KubeletConfiguration struct {
 	// Default: true
 	// +optional
 	LocalStorageCapacityIsolation *bool `json:"localStorageCapacityIsolation,omitempty"`
+
+	// ContainerRuntimeEndpoint is the endpoint of container runtime.
+	// unix domain sockets supported on Linux while npipes and tcp endpoints are supported for windows.
+	// Examples:'unix:///path/to/runtime.sock', 'npipe:////./pipe/runtime
+	ContainerRuntimeEndpoint string `json:"containerRuntimeEndpoint"`
+
+	// ImageServiceEndpoint is the endpoint of container image service.
+	// If not specified the default value is ContainerRuntimeEndpoint
+	// +optional
+	ImageServiceEndpoint string `json:"imageServiceEndpoint,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type KubeletAuthorizationMode string