diff --git a/scripts/install_rkt.sh b/scripts/install_rkt.sh
index ea00a4e83..d3987e480 100755
--- a/scripts/install_rkt.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_rkt.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ set -ex
 RKT_VERSION="v1.0.0"
 DEST_DIR="/usr/local/bin"
 
+sudo mkdir -p /etc/rkt/net.d
+echo '{"name": "default", "type": "ptp", "ipMasq": false, "ipam": { "type": "host-local", "subnet": "172.16.28.0/24", "routes": [ { "dst": "0.0.0.0/0" } ] } }' | sudo tee -a /etc/rkt/net.d/99-network.conf
+
 wget https://github.com/coreos/rkt/releases/download/$RKT_VERSION/rkt-$RKT_VERSION.tar.gz
 tar xzvf rkt-$RKT_VERSION.tar.gz
 sudo cp rkt-$RKT_VERSION/rkt $DEST_DIR