diff --git a/charts/fleet-agent/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/fleet-agent/templates/deployment.yaml
index 2a3409edb3..a9033b2892 100644
--- a/charts/fleet-agent/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/fleet-agent/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ spec:
             drop:
             - ALL
         {{- end }}
+        volumeMounts:
+          - mountPath: /.kube
+            name: kube
       - env:
         - name: NAMESPACE
           valueFrom:
@@ -82,6 +85,9 @@ spec:
             drop:
             - ALL
         {{- end }}
+      volumes:
+        - name: kube
+          emptyDir: {}
       serviceAccountName: fleet-agent
       nodeSelector: {{ include "linux-node-selector" . | nindent 8 }}
 {{- if .Values.fleetAgent.nodeSelector }}
diff --git a/internal/cmd/controller/agentmanagement/agent/manifest.go b/internal/cmd/controller/agentmanagement/agent/manifest.go
index caf98a3940..8de1c097ad 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/controller/agentmanagement/agent/manifest.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/controller/agentmanagement/agent/manifest.go
@@ -213,6 +213,12 @@ func agentApp(namespace string, agentScope string, opts ManifestOptions) *appsv1
 							Command: []string{
 								"fleetagent",
 							},
+							VolumeMounts: []corev1.VolumeMount{
+								{
+									Name:      "kube",
+									MountPath: "/.kube",
+								},
+							},
 						},
 						{
 							Name:            name + "-clusterstatus",
@@ -235,6 +241,14 @@ func agentApp(namespace string, agentScope string, opts ManifestOptions) *appsv1
 							},
 						},
 					},
+					Volumes: []corev1.Volume{
+						{
+							Name: "kube",
+							VolumeSource: corev1.VolumeSource{
+								EmptyDir: &corev1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{},
+							},
+						},
+					},
 					NodeSelector: map[string]string{"kubernetes.io/os": "linux"},
 					Affinity: &corev1.Affinity{
 						NodeAffinity: &corev1.NodeAffinity{