diff --git a/cluster-up/cluster/kind-k8s-sriov-1.17.0/provider.sh b/cluster-up/cluster/kind-k8s-sriov-1.17.0/provider.sh
index 1248802065..b207c2ca7f 100755
--- a/cluster-up/cluster/kind-k8s-sriov-1.17.0/provider.sh
+++ b/cluster-up/cluster/kind-k8s-sriov-1.17.0/provider.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ export KIND_NODE_IMAGE="kindest/node:v1.17.0"
 
 source ${KUBEVIRTCI_PATH}/cluster/kind/common.sh
 
+ETCD_DATA_DIR="/mnt/tmpfs/etcd"
+
 function up() {
     if [[ "$KUBEVIRT_NUM_NODES" -ne 2 ]]; then
         echo 'SR-IOV cluster can be only started with 2 nodes'
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ function up() {
     readOnly: true
   - containerPath: /dev/vfio/
     hostPath: /dev/vfio/
+  - containerPath: /var/lib/etcd
+    hostPath: "$DATA_ETCD_DIR"
 EOF
 
     setup_kind