diff --git a/manifests/dev/libvirt.yaml.in b/manifests/dev/libvirt.yaml.in
index f48cb4c5577a..a7bf9d0c9cfa 100644
--- a/manifests/dev/libvirt.yaml.in
+++ b/manifests/dev/libvirt.yaml.in
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ spec:
               mountPath: /var/run/libvirt
             - name: virt-share-dir
               mountPath: /var/run/kubevirt
-            - name: virt-private-dir
-              mountPath: /var/run/kubevirt-private
           command: ["/virt-dhcp"]
       volumes:
         - name: libvirt-data
diff --git a/manifests/release/kubevirt.yaml.in b/manifests/release/kubevirt.yaml.in
index a3734a0b8666..4b52ff6512b3 100644
--- a/manifests/release/kubevirt.yaml.in
+++ b/manifests/release/kubevirt.yaml.in
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ spec:
               mountPath: /var/run/libvirt
             - name: virt-share-dir
               mountPath: /var/run/kubevirt
+            - name: virt-private-dir
+              mountPath: /var/run/kubevirt-private
           env:
             - name: NODE_NAME
               valueFrom:
@@ -241,6 +243,9 @@ spec:
         - name: virt-share-dir
           hostPath:
             path: /var/run/kubevirt
+        - name: virt-private-dir
+          hostPath:
+            path: /var/run/kubevirt-private
 ---
 # libvirt daemon set
 apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
@@ -284,6 +289,8 @@ spec:
               mountPath: /var/run/libvirt
             - name: virt-share-dir
               mountPath: /var/run/kubevirt
+            - name: virt-private-dir
+              mountPath: /var/run/kubevirt-private
           command: ["/libvirtd.sh"]
         - name: virtlogd
           image: {{ docker_prefix }}/libvirt-kubevirt:{{ docker_tag }}
@@ -308,3 +315,6 @@ spec:
         - name: virt-share-dir
           hostPath:
             path: /var/run/kubevirt
+        - name: virt-private-dir
+          hostPath:
+            path: /var/run/kubevirt-private