diff --git a/sdcm/sct_provision/region_definition_builder.py b/sdcm/sct_provision/region_definition_builder.py
index 19a3a6a570..a4e2b33b50 100644
--- a/sdcm/sct_provision/region_definition_builder.py
+++ b/sdcm/sct_provision/region_definition_builder.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 from sdcm.sct_provision.user_data_objects.scylla import ScyllaUserDataObject
 from sdcm.sct_provision.user_data_objects.sshd import SshdUserDataObject
 from sdcm.sct_provision.user_data_objects.syslog_ng import SyslogNgUserDataObject, SyslogNgExporterUserDataObject
+from sdcm.sct_provision.user_data_objects.walinuxagent import EnableWaLinuxAgent
 from sdcm.test_config import TestConfig
 
 
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ def _get_user_data_objects(self, instance_name: str, node_type: NodeTypeType) ->
             SyslogNgUserDataObject,
             SyslogNgExporterUserDataObject,
             SshdUserDataObject,
+            EnableWaLinuxAgent,
             ScyllaUserDataObject,
         ]
         user_data_objects = [
diff --git a/sdcm/sct_provision/user_data_objects/walinuxagent.py b/sdcm/sct_provision/user_data_objects/walinuxagent.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f86bfdab96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdcm/sct_provision/user_data_objects/walinuxagent.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
+# See LICENSE for more details.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2025 ScyllaDB
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from textwrap import dedent
+
+from sdcm.sct_provision.user_data_objects import SctUserDataObject
+
+
+@dataclass
+class EnableWaLinuxAgent(SctUserDataObject):
+    """
+    Scylla machines on Azure have WaLinuxAgent disabled by default. This script enables it.
+    https://github.com/scylladb/scylla-machine-image/pull/627
+    """
+    @property
+    def is_applicable(self) -> bool:
+        return self.node_type == "scylla-db" and self.params.get("cluster_backend") == "azure"
+
+    @property
+    def script_to_run(self) -> str:
+        return dedent("""
+            systemctl daemon-reload
+            systemctl unmask walinuxagent
+            systemctl enable walinuxagent
+            systemctl start walinuxagent
+            systemctl status walinuxagent --no-pager
+        """)