diff --git a/internal/pkg/agent/cmd/enroll_cmd.go b/internal/pkg/agent/cmd/enroll_cmd.go
index 4dd721cdef1..940b1da3725 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/agent/cmd/enroll_cmd.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/agent/cmd/enroll_cmd.go
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ func (c *enrollCmd) Execute(ctx context.Context, streams *cli.IOStreams) error {
 		}
 	}()
 
+	time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+
 	if c.agentProc == nil && !c.options.SkipDaemonRestart {
 		if err = c.daemonReloadWithBackoff(ctx); err != nil {
 			c.log.Errorf("Elastic Agent might not be running; unable to trigger restart: %v", err)