diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-qemu-se.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-qemu-se.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4df2857df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-qemu-se.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+kind: RuntimeClass
+apiVersion: node.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+    name: kata-qemu-se
+handler: kata-qemu-se
+overhead:
+    podFixed:
+        memory: "2048Mi"
+        cpu: "1.0"
+scheduling:
+    nodeSelector:
+        katacontainers.io/kata-runtime: "true"
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-runtimeClasses.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-runtimeClasses.yaml
index 44c41fcc9..d5c48c841 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-runtimeClasses.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-runtimeClasses.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,19 @@ scheduling:
 ---
 kind: RuntimeClass
 apiVersion: node.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+    name: kata-qemu-se
+handler: kata-qemu-se
+overhead:
+    podFixed:
+        memory: "2048Mi"
+        cpu: "1.0"
+scheduling:
+    nodeSelector:
+        katacontainers.io/kata-runtime: "true"
+---
+kind: RuntimeClass
+apiVersion: node.k8s.io/v1
 metadata:
     name: kata-qemu-sev
 handler: kata-qemu-sev