diff --git a/pkg/hooks/api.go b/pkg/hooks/api.go
index 4350414760e6..062faa8cbdf8 100644
--- a/pkg/hooks/api.go
+++ b/pkg/hooks/api.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const HookSidecarListAnnotationName = "hookSidecars"
+const HookSocketsSharedDirectory = "/var/run/kubevirt-hooks"
 
 type HookSidecarList []HookSidecar
 
diff --git a/pkg/virt-controller/services/template.go b/pkg/virt-controller/services/template.go
index 4f535208ed9e..38de13c607be 100644
--- a/pkg/virt-controller/services/template.go
+++ b/pkg/virt-controller/services/template.go
@@ -216,6 +216,19 @@ func (t *templateService) RenderLaunchManifest(vmi *v1.VirtualMachineInstance) (
 		}
 	}
 
+	if len(requestedHookSidecarList) != 0 {
+		volumes = append(volumes, k8sv1.Volume{
+			Name: "hooks",
+			VolumeSource: k8sv1.VolumeSource{
+				EmptyDir: &k8sv1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{},
+			},
+		})
+		volumesMounts = append(volumesMounts, k8sv1.VolumeMount{
+			Name:      "hooks",
+			MountPath: hooks.HookSocketsSharedDirectory,
+		})
+	}
+
 	command := []string{"/usr/share/kubevirt/virt-launcher/entrypoint.sh",
 		"--qemu-timeout", "5m",
 		"--name", domain,
@@ -321,6 +334,12 @@ func (t *templateService) RenderLaunchManifest(vmi *v1.VirtualMachineInstance) (
 			Name:            "hook-sidecar-" + requestedHookSidecar.Image,
 			Image:           requestedHookSidecar.Image,
 			ImagePullPolicy: requestedHookSidecar.ImagePullPolicy,
+			VolumeMounts: []k8sv1.VolumeMount{
+				k8sv1.VolumeMount{
+					Name:      "hooks",
+					MountPath: hooks.HookSocketsSharedDirectory,
+				},
+			},
 		})
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/virt-controller/services/template_test.go b/pkg/virt-controller/services/template_test.go
index a7643655f278..da4cc978393d 100644
--- a/pkg/virt-controller/services/template_test.go
+++ b/pkg/virt-controller/services/template_test.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Template", func() {
 				pod, err := svc.RenderLaunchManifest(&v1.VirtualMachineInstance{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "testvmi", Namespace: "testns", UID: "1234", Annotations: annotations}, Spec: v1.VirtualMachineInstanceSpec{Domain: v1.DomainSpec{}}})
 				Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
+				Expect(len(pod.Spec.Containers)).To(Equal(2))
 				Expect(pod.Spec.Containers[0].Image).To(Equal("kubevirt/virt-launcher"))
 				Expect(pod.ObjectMeta.Labels).To(Equal(map[string]string{
 					v1.AppLabel:    "virt-launcher",
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Template", func() {
 				pod, err := svc.RenderLaunchManifest(&vmi)
 				Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
+				Expect(len(pod.Spec.Containers)).To(Equal(2))
 				Expect(pod.Spec.Containers[0].Image).To(Equal("kubevirt/virt-launcher"))
 				Expect(pod.ObjectMeta.Labels).To(Equal(map[string]string{
 					v1.AppLabel:    "virt-launcher",
@@ -121,7 +123,9 @@ var _ = Describe("Template", func() {
 				Expect(pod.Spec.Containers[1].Name).To(Equal("hook-sidecar-some-image:v1"))
 				Expect(pod.Spec.Containers[1].Image).To(Equal("some-image:v1"))
 				Expect(pod.Spec.Containers[1].ImagePullPolicy).To(Equal(kubev1.PullPolicy("IfNotPresent")))
-				Expect(pod.Spec.Volumes[0].HostPath.Path).To(Equal("/var/run/kubevirt"))
+				Expect(pod.Spec.Containers[1].VolumeMounts[0].MountPath).To(Equal(hooks.HookSocketsSharedDirectory))
+				Expect(pod.Spec.Volumes[0].EmptyDir.Medium).To(Equal(kubev1.StorageMedium("")))
+				Expect(pod.Spec.Volumes[1].HostPath.Path).To(Equal("/var/run/kubevirt"))
 				Expect(pod.Spec.Containers[0].VolumeMounts[0].MountPath).To(Equal("/var/run/kubevirt"))
 				Expect(*pod.Spec.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds).To(Equal(int64(60)))
 			})